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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. Where is Anita on Thanksgiving Day?
(a) Miami.
(b) On her way back to her country.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Queens.

2. What does the teacher tell the students at school?
(a) That the school is closing down temporarily.
(b) That the students must wear badges with El Jefe's picture on them.
(c) That the school will not be closing as the rumors suggest.
(d) That El Jefe is visiting that day.

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

4. Where do they find El Jefe's body?
(a) In the tool box on the Ford truck.
(b) In the jungle near the compound.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the trunk of a car.

5. Who does Anita think about when her brother asks about his girlfriend?
(a) A boy at school Anita was starting to like.
(b) Sam.
(c) The girl her brother likes..
(d) Oscar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Anita's brother offer to do in the afternoon?

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

4. Where is Sam when Anita inquires?

5. What does Anita overhear about the Washburns?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anita learn about Chucha?

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

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

4. What does Anita overhear her father and other men talking about concerning Trujillo, and what does Anita's mother say to the men?

5. Who are arrested in town and why?

6. How do Anita and Mami communicate with Mundo?

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

8. What does Anita overhear her father say about the Washburns?

9. What does Anita know about why Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?

10. What happens when Mr. Washburn is driving in traffic?

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