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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 does Ana dream that Yohnny is wearing in her apartment in Part 6?

2. What is the date of an article that Ana finds in the paper about the Dominican Republic?

3. Why is Cesar arrested in Part 5?

4. Who sends Yohnny to the capital in Part 5?

5. How far is the rectory from Ana's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What obituary of a Dominican does Ana read in Part 5?

2. In July how long has Juan been gone, and why does ne need to return?

3. What does Juan learn that Ramon had done?

4. At the end of Part 6, where does Ana stop and what does she buy?

5. When does Ana sell food at the factory in Part 5, and what is her menu?

6. Who comes to the apartment with her husband to buy a suit, and what does Ana find after the woman and her husband leave?

7. Where does Ana sell pastelitos, and how much does she make?

8. What does Cesar say about Caridad when Ana mentions her?

9. What does Yohnny do with the Yankees?

10. What did Ana send with Juan to give to her family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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