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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. When ESL classes end until spring, where does Sister Lucia go?

2. How much do Ana and Cesar make selling pastelitos at the World Fair?

3. Where was Sister Lucia, the nun who teaches the ESL lessons, born?

4. How many wealthy and beautiful women had Profirio Rubirosa married?

5. In Part 6, when does the super say that the apartment next door to Juan and Ana will be vailable?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Juan give Lenny on his first day of school?

2. What does Juan learn that Ramon had done?

3. How does Ana describe the theater at the Radio City Music Hall?

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

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

6. Why does Mama send Juanita to the capital?

7. What plan does Cesar have for him and for Ana?

8. How does Mama find the city?

9. At the beginning of Part 5, where does Sister Lucia take the ESL class and what do they do there?

10. Why does Ana say yes to Cesar's plans at the end of Part 5?

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

Point of view affects what readers know about characters and events. What is the point of view of the novel? How does the point of view affect what readers know about characters and events?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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