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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 shape is the house the family stays in in Acapulco?
(a) Round.
(b) Rectangular.
(c) Octagonal.
(d) Boat-shaped.

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

3. Who is the daughter of the washerwoman?
(a) Camille.
(b) Candelaria.
(c) Constance.
(d) Cecilia.

4. Why does the Awful Grandmother think that Celaya's father should give the item in #25 to her and not to Celaya?
(a) She understands the value of the item.
(b) She goes out more.
(c) She likes to dress up.
(d) She is old enough to drive.

5. To what does Celaya compare the color of the skin of Candelaria?
(a) Caramel.
(b) Bittersweet chocolate.
(c) Milk.
(d) Honey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Celaya's mother's name?

2. Which one of Celaya's brothers was left in Mexico to attend military school?

3. What is a symbol of class and better breeding in Mexico?

4. What is Narciso's last name?

5. Who is married to Uncle Fat Face?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Narciso Reyes.

3. What are the two criteria to determine a person's class?

4. Describe Mother's hysterical fit in the car in Acapulco.

5. Describe the Awful Grandmother's life after her mother died.

6. What kindness does the Grandfather show Celaya when the Grandmother ridicules her for not eating the mole?

7. How does the Grandmother try to hurt Mother by telling her a secret?

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

9. To what location did Celaya's family travel each year and why did they travel as a family?

10. Why is Candelaria removed from the Reyes home?

(see the answer keys)

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