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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anita do after talking with Tio Pepe?
(a) Writes down everything she remembers about the weeks before Papi is arrested.
(b) Comes up with a schedule.
(c) Writes her papi.
(d) Starts drawing.

2. What do Anita and Mami hear on the radio?
(a) Some of the prisoners have been released.
(b) The prisoners are being tortured.
(c) There is all out civil war.
(d) Trujillo, Jr. has declared no elections this year.

3. What is revealed in Mr. Washburn's car when the accident occurs?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Picnic supplies.
(c) A dead body.
(d) Suitcases.

4. Upon what does Anita's mother insist?
(a) That Anita not tell anyone about her period.
(b) That Lucinda wear decent clothing for her travels.
(c) That Anita not have to go to school.
(d) That they make everything look as normal as possible.

5. What does Anita worry about concerning the problem in question 126?
(a) She is going to be so tired, she'll say the wrong thing.
(b) She didn't love Lucinda as much as she thought.
(c) She is going insane.
(d) She will not be motivated to do anything.

6. Who do the adults think has to be protected?
(a) Anita.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Lucinda.

7. Why is Mr. Washburn in New York City?
(a) He has brought his daughters there to live with their grandparents.
(b) He's come to tell them that Papi and Tio Toni are dead.
(c) He has broght Mundo to his family.
(d) He is consulting with a construction company there.

8. What does the teacher tell the students at school?
(a) That the school will not be closing as the rumors suggest.
(b) That the school is closing down temporarily.
(c) That El Jefe is visiting that day.
(d) That the students must wear badges with El Jefe's picture on them.

9. How does Anita view El Jefe?
(a) As an old man who wants everything his way.
(b) As the country's hero.
(c) As a grandfather type.
(d) As an old man whose actions are breaking up her family.

10. Why does Anita want to skip school the morning Lucinda is to leave?
(a) Sam is not going to school that day and he's her protector.
(b) Anita wants to be with Lucinda until she leaves.
(c) Anita is afraid of El Jefe.
(d) Oscar is not going to school that day and he's her protector.

11. Where do the soldiers who come to the compound say they are taking the men they arrest?
(a) To stand trial.
(b) To where they took El Jefe.
(c) They refuse to say.
(d) To hand over to Trujillo, Jr.

12. What does Anita know about a pill?
(a) There is pill to prevent pregnancy.
(b) There is a pill that will make people talk even if they do not want to.
(c) There is a pill that will make people very sick and lose their motivation to rebel.
(d) There is a pill that can be taken to kill you instantly if the police catch you.

13. What does Anita do after the teacher makes her announcement?
(a) Cries.
(b) Puts her head on her desk.
(c) Screams.
(d) Protests.

14. What has Mrs. Mancini done to her master bedroom?
(a) Written liberation words on the walls.
(b) Made it a haven of privacy.
(c) Made it into a hospital room.
(d) Painted it bright red.

15. What does Chucha tell Anita it is time to do?
(a) Fly.
(b) Think.
(c) Be good.
(d) Pray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to see Anita and Mami?

2. What is Anita beginning to have a hard time doing?

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

4. What does Anita hear her father and other men discussing?

5. What does Tio Pepe give to Anita when he visits?

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