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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must Eva get a job?
(a) Eva is too much trouble for Madrina.
(b) The priest makes Eva get a job.
(c) Madrina cannot care for Eva on her own.
(d) Eva asks to get a job.

2. What is Riad Halabi's nickname?
(a) Boss.
(b) El Senor.
(c) Jefe.
(d) The Turk.

3. What does Consuelo tell her daughter about death?
(a) There is no death as long as one is remembered.
(b) That she will meet the dead again someday.
(c) The one who dies goes to heaven.
(d) Death is like life but invisible.

4. What is the relationship between Eva's new patrona and patron?
(a) They are father and daughter.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are brother and sister.
(d) They are married.

5. Which of the following best describes Elvira?
(a) Gentle and shy.
(b) Old and mean.
(c) Strange but loving.
(d) Harsh but patient.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Madrina react when Eva comes home after several days on the streets?

2. Who gets annoyed with Elvira and Eva's games?

3. What relation is Kamal to Riad?

4. What term of endearment does Eva refer to Elvira?

5. What is the Pearl of the Orient?

(see the answer key)

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