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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 specific kind of reality television do the couple at 1217 Ridgewood Road like to watch?
(a) Extreme obesity and weight-loss shows.
(b) The Bachelor.
(c) Hoarders.
(d) Survivor.

2. What kinds of services does the spa in the gated community in Naples offer that cause consternation among some residents?
(a) Illegal drug administration.
(b) Plastic surgery.
(c) Fortune telling.
(d) Sexual services.

3. What happens to Carolina when she testifies in court against Mr. Peter?
(a) She vomits.
(b) She faints.
(c) She wets her pants.
(d) She gets hysterical and needs to be sedated.

4. What movie does the unnamed narrator in the story "Baby Arm" tell her boyfriend she liked?
(a) Die Hard.
(b) Mannequin.
(c) Back to the Future.
(d) Baby Boom.

5. Where does Carolina's husband work?
(a) As a manager at an airfield.
(b) As a pastor at a church.
(c) As a janitor at a hospital.
(d) As a construction manager on a building site.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Caridad think she might be able to be friends with who has just moved to the Naples community?

2. Who is the housekeeper who works for William Livingston?

3. What does Kate's boyfriend do for a living?

4. What tattoo do the twins in "The Mark of Cain" both have?

5. Why do the couple that live in 1217 Ridgewood Road in the story "Florida" get their GEDs instead of finishing high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Alvarez hesitant to get more involved with Sarah in "La Negra Blanca," even though he adores her?

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

3. What does Kate's elderly landlady tell her in the story "North Country" when she meets her for the first time?

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

5. Why does the narrator in "The Mark of Cain" decide not to let on that she knows her husband switches places with his twin?

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

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

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

9. Why does Bianca agree to go out with Dean and initially start a relationship with him?

10. In "Difficult Women," what does Gay say a loose woman sees in the mirror and why?

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