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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. For how long has Anita's country had the same leader?
(a) 31 years.
(b) 21 years.
(c) 44 years.
(d) 12 years.

2. What is Anita's response to the answer Chucha gives her about her cousins?
(a) Anita does not understand the answer.
(b) Anita thinks Chucha is teasing.
(c) Anita thinks Chucha is getting senile.
(d) Anita thinks the Chucha is being melodramatic.

3. What does Anita's mother say Anita can do again when they are free?
(a) Go visit Carla.
(b) Go into the city.
(c) Write openly in her diary .
(d) Talk with Sammy about anything.

4. Why does Anita write with a pencil at times?
(a) She is not good at math and frequently has to erase her work.
(b) Carla's family moves constantly, so she writes their address in pencil.
(c) Some times it is the only writing instrument in the house.
(d) So she can quickly erase.

5. Why does Anita's mother say she and Anita's father are staying in the Dominican Republic?
(a) For Anita's father to run for public office.
(b) To try to sell the business.
(c) To fight against the things that are wrong.
(d) To wait for Anita's mother to give birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like?

2. What do Carla and Anita find difficult?

3. Who understands Anita's feelings about Sammy and his friend?

4. What is another name for Mr. Smith?

5. With whom does Anita talk after going to her uncle's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Papi explain to Anita about Carla when Anita gets home?

3. How does Mami feel about the Washburns living next door and what does she do because of that?

4. Why is Anita spending more time in the bathroom?

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

6. What does Anita realize about Sam as she writes in her diary?

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

8. How does Anita begin to see their leader in a different light?

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

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

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