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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the students unsettled about the visitors to the classroom?
(a) They think something is wrong with Anita's mother.
(b) The last time it happened, one student left and never came back.
(c) It is interrupting their practice time.
(d) It is almost time for recess, but they can't leave until the teacher dismisses them.

2. Where is Tio Tony?
(a) He is in the Bronx.
(b) He is missing.
(c) He is hiding in the mountains outside of Santo Domingo.
(d) He is in prison in Santo Domingo

3. What was Tio Tony involved in that makes him a wanted man?
(a) A gold heist.
(b) A plot to undermine land reform.
(c) A plot to overthrow the dictator.
(d) Nothing; he has been unjustly accused.

4. What doesn't feel right to some of the students?
(a) That the summer break is going to be much shorter this year.
(b) That there are only girls in the school.
(c) The climate, which they are not used to.
(d) That religious symbols are being used in school.

5. What are Carla and her siblings allowed to take?
(a) One item.
(b) A small valise each.
(c) Only what they are wearing.
(d) Three sets of clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mami tell Anita and Carla to make them feel better?

2. What do the men in the Volkwagons want?

3. What time of year is it when the novel opens?

4. What does Lucinda say the men know about their cousins?

5. Where does Lucinda take Anita to talk to her?

(see the answer key)

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