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

2. What is the name of Hector's wife?

3. What did Juan once peddle on the streets when he was a barefoot child?

4. How much money does Marisela have to pay Juan a week on her loan?

5. In Part 3, how long has it been since Marisela saw her little girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the place like that Juan rented the first time he went to New York?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Juan try to help Ana the first time they make love?

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

8. Who raised Cesar and why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cesar encourages Ana to sell food to his co-workers at the factory. How does Ana’s food sales turn into a business? What challenges are there to the business? Is the business successful?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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