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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Carla and Anita find difficult?
(a) To choose items for the valise.
(b) To leave each other.
(c) To attend different schools.
(d) To travel so far by train.

2. What does Anita hear her father talk about on the phone that she finds confusing?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Bees.
(c) Vacations.
(d) Boarding schools.

3. What is Anita's response to the answer Chucha gives her about her cousins?
(a) Anita thinks Chucha is teasing.
(b) Anita does not understand the answer.
(c) Anita thinks the Chucha is being melodramatic.
(d) Anita thinks Chucha is getting senile.

4. What are the men in dark glasses using as an excuse to search the compound?
(a) That someone reported gun shots coming from the compound.
(b) The disappearance of Carla's family.
(c) That someone reported smoke coming from the compound.
(d) The fact that someone has made out-of-country phone calls from their home.

5. What is Chucha's opinion about these men?
(a) They are the secret police.
(b) They are ruthless.
(c) They are hungry.
(d) They are officious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Anita's father say they have to stay?

2. Where are Anita's grandparents?

3. What does Mami tell Anita and Lucinda to do?

4. What is the weather like?

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

(see the answer key)

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