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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 do the grandparents call Thanksgiving?
(a) The day of the turkey.
(b) That American holiday.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) That Indian holiday.

2. What does Anita realize the next morning?
(a) She has had her first period.
(b) She is no longer enamored of Sam.
(c) She is going to be more on her own.
(d) She finds Oscar more interesting than Sam.

3. What does Tio Pepe give to Anita when he visits?
(a) A letter from Oscar.
(b) A letter from her Papi.
(c) A drawing.
(d) A photograph.

4. What does Anita know about a pill?
(a) There is a pill that will make people very sick and lose their motivation to rebel.
(b) There is pill to prevent pregnancy.
(c) There is a pill that will make people talk even if they do not want to.
(d) There is a pill that can be taken to kill you instantly if the police catch you.

5. What does Anita decide about men?
(a) That men do not understand why woman fear men sometimes.
(b) That she does not like men anymore.
(c) That men are bad.
(d) That men should not rule the country; women would do better.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pupo?

2. What does Anita's brother say when he comes home?

3. What obstacles does she have to get past when she writes Oscar?

4. Why do the children go to their new school in the consul's car ?

5. Where does Chucha get a job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Anita and Mami communicate with Mundo?

2. What does Papi say he wants for his children?

3. What does Anita decide about men and why?

4. Who does Mami call for help, and what does Mr. Mancini tell Anita and Mami to do?

5. What do Anita's diary entries for June 3, and June 5, 1961, say?

6. Where do soldiers find El Jefe's body and who do they arrest and what do they say about Papi and Tio Toni?

7. What happens the night before Lucinda leaves?

8. What does the teacher tell the students in school the day Lucinda is leaving and how does Anita react?

9. What does Anita know about a pill and what does she think about it?

10. What do Mami and Anita do in hiding?

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