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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. How much older is Cesar than Ana?

2. In Part 5 when Sister Lucia takes the ESL class outside, what bird does Ana recognize from Los Guayacanes?

3. How many years does Ana think that her father went to school?

4. How long does it take Ana and Cesar to take the subway to Brooklyn in Part 5?

5. In Part 6, what grade will Lenny be in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Ana seen in advertisements for the World Fair?

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

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

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

5. Why does Mama send Juanita to the capital?

6. What plans are made for Mama and Lenny when they arrive?

7. How do Ana and Cesar say goodbye?

8. How does Yohnny die?

9. What news does Mama have about Juanita?

10. What happens when Ana sees Marisela?

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

The Ruiz brothers sent money back to the Dominican Republic for Ramon to manage. What happened to the money Ramon was to manage? How did he betray his brothers?

Essay Topic 3

Mama used to ask Ana if she was a manatee or a shark. Why would Mama ask that question? Which was Ana—a manatee or a shark? Did that change over the course of the novel?

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