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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Mancini tell Mami to do?
(a) Sit and wait and make no calls.
(b) Contact the United States embassy.
(c) Move away from the Capital.
(d) Pack.

2. What does Anita overhear about the Washburns?
(a) They are in trouble with El Jefe.
(b) They have taken refuge in the British embassy.
(c) They have lodged a protest.
(d) They have to go back to the States.

3. What do Lucinda's family members and Susie tell Lucinda?
(a) They will protect her.
(b) They will send her to the States.
(c) El Jefe will forget her soon.
(d) Thewill project Anita.

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

5. What does Anita's brother say when he comes home?
(a) He is joining the rebel forces.
(b) The high school has shut down.
(c) His teacher has been arrested.
(d) His best friend's father has been arrested.

6. What does Anita decide about men?
(a) That men do not understand why woman fear men sometimes.
(b) That she does not like men anymore.
(c) That men are bad.
(d) That men should not rule the country; women would do better.

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

8. Who almost discovers Anita and her mama?
(a) The Mancini daughters.
(b) One of the locals the embassy hires.
(c) The insurrgents.
(d) One of the clerks at the embassy.

9. What do the grandparents call Thanksgiving?
(a) That American holiday.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) That Indian holiday.
(d) The day of the turkey.

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

11. Where is Anita a month and a half after the message from Chucha arrives?
(a) In New York City.
(b) In London.
(c) In Miami.
(d) In Santo Domingo.

12. From whom does Anita want to hide the discovery that is discusses in question 113?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Lucinda.
(d) Sam.

13. What grade is Anita placed in at school in New York?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

14. 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.

15. Where are Mami and Anita living according to Anita's June 5, 1961entry?
(a) In the British embassy.
(b) In the jungle with some other families.
(c) In the American embassy.
(d) In a closet in the Mancini home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the adults remonstrating themselves?

2. What word do they receive on Mundin?

3. How does Anita view El Jefe?

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

5. What does Anita realize the next morning?

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