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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. Who shoots the family dogs?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Some soldiers who are target practicing.
(c) Some men who are celebrating.
(d) The secret police.

2. Where does Chucha get a job?
(a) With a family that was not involved in the assassination.
(b) Wimpy's.
(c) She has not found one yet.
(d) The American embassy.

3. Where is Anita a month and a half after the message from Chucha arrives?
(a) In New York City.
(b) In London.
(c) In Santo Domingo.
(d) In Miami.

4. What does Anita's father tell her he wants for his children?
(a) For them to live free.
(b) For them to live without fear.
(c) For them to feel hopeful about their future.
(d) For them to become citizens of the United States.

5. What does Anita's brother say when he comes home?
(a) His teacher has been arrested.
(b) His best friend's father has been arrested.
(c) The high school has shut down.
(d) He is joining the rebel forces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the children now go for school lessons?

2. Who almost discovers Anita and her mama?

3. What happens the next morning after El Jefe is assassinated just as Chucha is waking Anita?

4. Who does Anita think about when her brother asks about his girlfriend?

5. What does Anita worry about concerning the problem in question 126?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Anita write about their rescue from the compound?

3. How does Mrs. Mancini's distrust of people turn out to be fortuitous?

4. What happens the night before Lucinda leaves?

5. What does Anita do when she discovers she has begun her first period?

6. Why can't Anita stay with Lucinda until Lucinda leaves?

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

8. What does Anita learn about Chucha?

9. What does Anita decide about men and why?

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

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