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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. Why does Alvarez stop himself from pursuing a more serious relationship with Sarah?
(a) He is sick and does not want Sarah to grow too attached to him.
(b) He likes Sarah but has no money to take her out.
(c) He is an undocumented immigrant and does not want to complicate both of their lives.
(d) He has a wife and child in his home country.

2. What do the twins in ""The Mark of Cain" do for a living?
(a) They are lawyers who started their own firm together.
(b) They are chefs who started a restaurant together.
(c) They work at an architecture firm they started together.
(d) They are painters.

3. What kind of music does William Livingston III like to listen to secretly?
(a) Rap.
(b) Classical.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Punk.

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

5. What does a crazy woman eat in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) Shredded wheat.
(b) Everything in strictly proportioned and measured amounts.
(c) Four raw eggs a day along with half a grapefruit.
(d) Lots of cream, cheese, and other dairy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Caridad's boyfriend's name?

2. Where does Carolina's husband work?

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

4. What evidence do the police find of Savvie's and Carolina's abduction that is particularly difficult for the sisters to confront?

5. Why do Savvie and Carolina not need to work or worry about money?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What event eventually brings Kate and Magnus back together?

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

5. Why is William Livingston briefly appalled when he finds out that Sarah is mixed-race in "La Negra Blanca"?

6. What do Bianca's parents do with her when she is a baby?

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

8. Why does Sarah, who goes by Sierra at work, perform at a strip club?

9. What is the real reason that Carolina insists Savvie accompany her to find Darryl in Reno?

10. What does Sal do to Caridad in the story "Florida" that upsets and offends Caridad?

(see the answer keys)

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