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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 doesn't feel right to some of the students?
(a) That religious symbols are being used in school.
(b) The climate, which they are not used to.
(c) That there are only girls in the school.
(d) That the summer break is going to be much shorter this year.

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

3. What is the weather like?
(a) Cool.
(b) Warm.
(c) There is a hurricane.
(d) Hot.

4. Besides Oscar, who helps Anita see their leader in a different light?
(a) Her Papi.
(b) Her Tio Jose.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Lucinda.

5. What influence does Mr. Smith have on the behavior of some of the families?
(a) They avoid Mr. Smith.
(b) They help Mr. Smith cover up evidence.
(c) They don't let their daughters out in public because of him.
(d) They help Mr. Smith smuggle rebels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the teacher and the two visitors step into the hallway?

2. Where is Tio Tony?

3. What is another name for Mr. Smith?

4. What is one topic Anita and her mother discuss?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Anita at the opening of the story, and what is she doing?

2. When is school supposed to re-open and what happens at that time?

3. Why do parents not like their daughters to go out in public places?

4. What do Sam and Anita see at Tio Tony's home and what do they decide to do about it?

5. What do Sammy, Anita and Oscar discuss?

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

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

8. What does Mami ask Anita not to do?

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

10. What does Anita realize when she writes in her diary?

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