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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 color are Ana's eyes?

2. What does Juan buy for lunch at La Bodeguita?

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

4. How did Juanita and Betty's parents die?

5. What color scarf did Juan buy to make himself stand out among the others trying to get work at the New Yorker Hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who raised Cesar and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Ana's father respect the Ruiz brothers?

9. What happens when Juan gives Ana five dollars and a sealed envelope that needs a stamp?

10. How does Ana know that Caridad and Juan are back together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Juan was abusive to Ana. How did Juan try to control Ana and what she did? How would he respond if she disobeyed him? Was he an abusive husband?

Essay Topic 2

Ana struggle to adjust to life in American. How often was Ana allowed to go out on her own or leave the apartment? Who did Ana know in America? Why was she lonely? Did being lonely make the adjustment to a new country more difficult?

Essay Topic 3

Ana meets Marisela when the woman comes to pay back money Juan loaned her. How does Ana get along with Marisela at first? How does Marisela betray Ana? How many times does Ana see Marisela after that betrayal? Does her opinion of Marisela change? How would you describe their relationship?

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