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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the teacher tell Carla to do?
(a) Pack everything she owns, not just the necessities.
(b) Help another girl with her lines.
(c) Repeat her last lines.
(d) Write a list of all the props needed for the play.

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

3. When was school supposed to start back up again?
(a) January 3.
(b) January 15.
(c) February 1.
(d) January 9.

4. What is Anita doing when her mother comes in to talk with her?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Washing the dishes.
(c) Writing in her diary.
(d) Her homework.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do many people come to the compound?

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

3. What is Anita inclined to say about Oscar's comments about the country?

4. Why are the students unsettled about the visitors to the classroom?

5. What happens when Anita asks adults about her country's leader?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anita use a pencil in her journal?

2. Upon what occasion do the people living in the compound decide to have a party?

3. What does the teacher tell Carla and Anita after she goes outside to talk to Carla's mother?

4. How does Antia compare American elections to those of her country?

5. What does Mami say about why the family is staying in the country?

6. Describe Chucha and why she is mentioned.

7. How do Anita and Carla react to Carla's leaving, and how does Mami comfort them?

8. Who is moving in next door, and why is Anita particularly happy about it?

9. What happens when the teacher wants the children to play secret Santa for Christmas?

10. What does Chucha reply when Anita asks about seeing her cousins again, and how does Anita feel about the answer?

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