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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 is the parking lot for that is across the street from Ana and Juan's building?

2. What does Teresa want $5 for?

3. How many pigeons does Ana have that visit her regularly?

4. How much does Ana get paid for each souvenir she makes for Marisela's friend's wedding?

5. What does Marisela give Ana the first time she visits in Part 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ana take when she decides to go home in Part 2?

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

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

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

5. What clothes does Ana buy at El Basement, and how does Juan feel about her purchases?

6. What instructions does Ana's mother give her before she is married?

7. What do Gabriel and Ana do on their last day together?

8. How does Ana describe the first time that Juan Ruiz proposed to her?

9. How does Ana describe Marisela when she first sees her?

10. How does Ana describe arriving at the airport in New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Malcolm X was shot and killed across the street from Ana’s apartment. What does his assassination reveal about the type of neighborhood that Ana lived in? Was it a safe neighborhood?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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