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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary and Analysis For Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one thing that makes Anita realize Oscar is right about their country?
(a) The way the Secret Police stand on every street corner.
(b) The way her father and mother speak in low tones all the time.
(c) The way she has to erase her diary.
(d) The way the teachers never veer from planned lessons.

3. How does Anita feel every time she starts to write Oscar?
(a) Uncertain.
(b) Shy.
(c) Homesick.
(d) Chatty.

4. What obstacles does she have to get past when she writes Oscar?
(a) She does not want to encourage him romantically.
(b) She does not want to make him envious of her being out of the country.
(c) She has to be careful because she is a young girl and it would be unseemly to be too forward.
(d) The letter has to get past censors.

5. In what format does Anita write some of her journal entries?
(a) An expository essay.
(b) A movie script.
(c) A letter to Papi.
(d) A poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Anita think Oscar may know she is there?

2. Where is the setting of the school?

3. Why does Anita spend more time in the bathroom these days?

4. Why is Mr. Washburn in New York City?

5. Where are the children allowed off the compound?

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