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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens the next morning after El Jefe is assassinated just as Chucha is waking Anita?
(a) They hear several helicopters landing nearby.
(b) Men come in her room and search it.
(c) They hear a huge explosion.
(d) There is an announcement on television.

2. What does Chucha do for Anita?
(a) Stuffs her belongings in a laundry bag.
(b) Gives her a family heirloom.
(c) Teaches Anita how to understand her dreams.
(d) Teaches Anita how to feel unafraid.

3. How does the teacher react to Anita's response?
(a) The teacher just leaves Anita alone.
(b) The teacher tells her to stand at the back of the room.
(c) The teacher sends her to the principal.
(d) The teacher sends her to the nurse.

4. What does Chucha do with what Anita gives her?
(a) Uses them to scare off the superstitious maid.
(b) Displays them.
(c) Hides them.
(d) Throws them away.

5. What does Anita realize about their Mami when they are waiting for Papi?
(a) She is proud of her husband and the other men.
(b) She is angry that Papi went to do this.
(c) She is planning their escape.
(d) She is terrified.

6. Who is Pupo?
(a) The head of the Army.
(b) A news anchor in the city.
(c) The old man who cares for the chickens and other animals at the compound.
(d) Papi's code name.

7. What does Tio Pepe give to Anita when he visits?
(a) A drawing.
(b) A letter from Oscar.
(c) A letter from her Papi.
(d) A photograph.

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

9. What does Lucinda allow Anita to do that night?
(a) Write a letter to Carla.
(b) Put on some of her jewelry.
(c) Sleep in her room.
(d) Stay up later than usual.

10. What do Lucinda and Anita do that night?
(a) Reassure each other.
(b) Cry and share memories.
(c) Talk about the future.
(d) Eat pastries and listen to music.

11. What does someone in a limousine bring?
(a) An invitation.
(b) A gift-wrapped package.
(c) A summons.
(d) Flowers.

12. What does Anita's brother offer to do in the afternoon?
(a) Take her for a drive.
(b) Help her with her science project.
(c) Help her with her math homework.
(d) Take her for ice cream.

13. What does Anita want in the event she is taken away?
(a) To be brave.
(b) To go with Oscar.
(c) A pill that instantly kills her.
(d) To be able to say goodbye.

14. Where is Sam when Anita inquires?
(a) He is in the fields supervising.
(b) He is in bed with a hangover.
(c) He is packing to go back to the States.
(d) He is with his father in the city.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Anita think about when her brother asks about his girlfriend?

2. What does Anita write in her June 3, 1961 diary entry?

3. Where does Chucha get a job?

4. What happens when a car rams the Washburns car in traffic?

5. Who does Anita see when she looks out the the bathroom window one day?

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