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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. How many children did the person in #67 have?
(a) 6.
(b) 13.
(c) Between 16 and 18.
(d) 12.

2. Which one of Celaya's brothers was left in Mexico to attend military school?
(a) Rodolfo.
(b) Raoul.
(c) Ray.
(d) Rafa.

3. Where does Inocencio decide to take his family?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Acapulco.

4. At what type of business do the narrator's father and uncles work?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Body shop.
(c) Grocery.
(d) Hardware.

5. How does the Grandfather generally treat Celaya?
(a) He tolerates her.
(b) He insults her.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He is kind to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Awful Grandmother was a young girl, her family made ________________.

2. Who is the Awful Grandmother's washerwoman?

3. Why is Candelaria invited to go on the trip?

4. Who did the narrator's family travel to see on its annual trips?

5. What topic does Zoila complain to Inocencio about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the family rely on little white lies?

2. How is the Grandmother conflicted by what she wants for her family and what she is physically able to provide?

3. Why is Candelaria removed from the Reyes home?

4. How does the Grandmother advise Inocencio about his hysterical wife?

5. How do the family stories foreshadow what will come in the novel?

6. What are the circumstances that have Soledad moving into the Reyes household with Narciso's family?

7. Who is Candelaria?

8. How was Senora Regina both kind and cruel to Soledad?

9. Why is the girl, Candelaria, pressed into service for the Grandmother?

10. Who is Antonieta Araceli and how do the cousins upset her?

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