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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 color does Marisela wear when she comes to pay the first payment of her loan?

3. How long did Ana work for a family in San Pedro one time?

4. Where did Ana and her siblings have a fort and play?

5. How old was Ana the first time Juan proposed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What jobs did Juan start doing at the hotel when he first went to New York?

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

5. Who raised Cesar and why?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ana and Juan are close to their families. What is the role of family in their lives? Why is family so important to both of them?

Essay Topic 2

Ana is 11 when she is introduced in the novel. How does Ana mature and come of age in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Marisela says, “A woman is defined by her home” (118). What are Ana and Marisela’s homes like? How do their homes define them?

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