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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 Bianca raised?
(a) In an orphanage at the edge of town.
(b) In Chicago.
(c) In the Sahara Desert.
(d) In Death Valley.

2. Where does Savvie's sister, Carolina, want Savvie to go with her to find her estranged husband?
(a) Reno.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New Orleans.

3. What does Kate do for a living?
(a) She is a linguist.
(b) She is a mathematician.
(c) She is a structural engineer.
(d) She is an English professor.

4. Where do people always seem to think Kate is from?
(a) New York City.
(b) Detriot.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Port-au-Prince.

5. What does a loose woman see in the mirror in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) A happy person.
(b) Nothing, because she does not look in the mirror.
(c) An anxious person.
(d) Someone who looks older than she is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bianca drawn to on the playground on her first date with her husband?

2. What substance follows Bianca where ever she goes?

3. What is one of Savvie's boyfriend's annoying habits?

4. In the story "La Negra Blanca," what name does Sarah go by at the strip club where she works?

5. Where does Alvarez work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shocking realization does the narrator come to at the end of "The Mark of Cain"?

2. Why does the young, working-class couple watch reality television in the story "Florida"?

3. Why do Savvie and Carolina not have to worry about money or finances?

4. What is the background of the narrator's boyfriend, Gus, bringing her plastic body parts in the story "Baby Arm"?

5. What is the basis of Carolina's and Savvie's strong bond in "I Will Follow You"?

6. What traumatic event did Kate experience with her long-term partner before meeting Magnus?

7. Why does Sarah let everyone assume she is white in the story "La Negra Blanca"?

8. What does Marcy like about the exercise classes in the story "Florida"?

9. When does the narrator begin to think that Cassie, Jacob's girlfriend, may be smarter than she seems?

10. Why does Magnus get angry with Kate and ignore her calls for weeks?

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