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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of year is it when the novel opens?
(a) Almost Thanksgiving.
(b) Summer.
(c) Easter.
(d) Spring.

2. What does Mami have Anita do after seeing the black Volkswagons?
(a) Stay in her room.
(b) Hide in the attic.
(c) Run to Tio Tony's house.
(d) Stay at the Americans' house.

3. Why does Anita spend more time in the bathroom these days?
(a) To hide her crying.
(b) To write private letters to Carla.
(c) To have a private place to write in her journal.
(d) To make herself attractive.

4. What does Chucha often see in her dreams?
(a) The future.
(b) She never dreams.
(c) Monsters shaped like people.
(d) The past altered to bizarre visions.

5. With whom does Anita talk after going to her uncle's house?
(a) Sammy.
(b) Chucha.
(c) Lucinda.
(d) Oscar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men search under the beds?

2. What topics do Sammy, Anita and Sammy's visitor discuss?

3. Where are Anita's grandparents?

4. What does Anita not want her family to discover?

5. Why does Anita go to her uncle's house?

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