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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 date do Juan and Ana marry?

2. What color is Ana's family's house?

3. What does Juan do because Ana opened the door for a neighbor?

4. How much money does Juan say that he lent a woman named Marisela?

5. What do Juan and Ana drink together at the hotel after their marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What work does Marisela bring Ana to do in Part 3?

3. Where does Juan get suits to sell, and how does Ana organize them?

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

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

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

7. What happens at the Audubon Ballroom?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

The main character in a novel is usually the protagonist and the person that opposes the protagonist is considered to be the antagonist. Who are the protagonist and antagonist in the novel? What problems does the antagonist cause for the protagonist?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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