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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Juan buy for Ana at the airport in Santo Domingo?

2. What color are Ana's eyes?

3. The first time that Juan went to New York, how much money did he have in his pocket?

4. How much bigger is the church Ana attends in Part 3 than the church in San Pedro de Macrois?

5. What does Juan give Ana after he almost chokes her to death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ana describe Hector and Yrene's neighborhood?

2. What is Juan's apartment like when Ana arrives?

3. Why does the super come to Ana's apartment when she is cleaning the floor?

4. What happens when Ana takes a plate of food to the old lady downstairs?

5. What happens when Ana opens the door to a neighbor?

6. Why is Ana's wedding dress not white?

7. How did Juan get a chance at a job at the New Yorker Hotel?

8. What does Teresa say about love when she sneaks out to meet El Guardia?

9. What does Ana learn in a letter that Teresa sends her?

10. Why does Marisela persuade Ana to give her her ring even though she has not paid the loan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There was political unrest in the Dominican Republic throughout the novel. What unrest was there? How did that unrest affect the Ruiz and Cancion families?

Essay Topic 2

Point of view affects what readers know about characters and events. What is the point of view of the novel? How does the point of view affect what readers know about characters and events?

Essay Topic 3

Ana left home for the first time in her life at age 15. How did Ana feel about being away from home? Why was she homesick and how did she deal with her homesickness?

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