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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 is Anita inclined to say about Oscar's comments about the country?
(a) That they are free.
(b) That everyone cannot be rich.
(c) That its history is shrouded in lies.
(d) That she feels she is getting a good education.

2. When does Anita use a pencil?
(a) To write down Carla's address.
(b) When she writes in her journal.
(c) For her math homework.
(d) To draw pictures of things in her life.

3. How do the children respond to their life?
(a) They cry.
(b) They are bored.
(c) They rebel and sometimes sneak out.
(d) They accept the neccessity of it.

4. What does Anita realize about Sam?
(a) He has a core of wildness in him.
(b) She wants him to be her boyfriend.
(c) He is brilliant.
(d) He has special talents.

5. Who is Chucha?
(a) Anita's older sister.
(b) Anita's dog.
(c) Carla's great-grandmother.
(d) An old woman who was the family's nursemaid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is decided about Susie's birthday?

2. Who have gathered at Tio Tony's house on the night of the party?

3. Who does Anita's father take to work the day after Carla leaves?

4. What does Lucinda tell Susie about her upcoming birthday?

5. What does Anita's mother say Anita can do again when they are free?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anita feel when Oscar comes over to play with Sammy?

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

3. Why does Anita's mother send Anita to Tio Toni's home on her way to the party?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Chucha and why she is mentioned.

9. What does Mami ask Anita not to do?

10. What are Carla and her siblings told to do when they get home, and what does Carla do?

(see the answer keys)

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