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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. Why do they celebrate American holidays?
(a) There is one American student who it.
(b) They do not celebrate American holidays.
(c) The students closely identify with the United States.
(d) It's a school for Americans.

2. Where are Anita's grandparents?
(a) New York.
(b) San Cristobal
(c) Miami.
(d) La Romana

3. What does Anita receive for Christmas that helps her process her life?
(a) A book about the history of the Dominican Republic.
(b) A letter from her grandmother.
(c) A diary.
(d) A card from Carla.

4. What is she to tell the students about her absence?
(a) She sprained her ankle.
(b) She had the flu.
(c) Her grandmother was ill and needed help.
(d) She had the chickenpox.

5. What do Anita and Chucha look at together?
(a) The henhouse.
(b) The house.
(c) The well.
(d) The barn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Anita spend more time in the bathroom these days?

3. How long has Anita been out of school?

4. What does Mami tell Anita and Carla to make them feel better?

5. Where does Chucha sleep?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do Sammy, Anita and Oscar discuss?

5. What does Anita's mother say when the children are allowed to go back to school?

6. How does Anita's mother talk to her for the first time?

7. What do the secret police do and say at the compound, and what worries Anita?

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

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

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

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