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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dona Charito meet her husband?
(a) In an art class.
(b) At the Prado in Madrid.
(c) Posing for him to sketch her.
(d) On vacation with her family.

2. Why were Yolanda's mother and aunts concerned with her playmate?
(a) Because she was a tomboy and they thought she was too old to play with boys.
(b) Because she was too "girly" for her playmate.
(c) Because she always had her nose in a book.
(d) Because he was mean to her.

3. What did Yolanda tell Mundin's mother when they were caught in the coal shed?
(a) They found kittens.
(b) They were eating guavas.
(c) They were spying on the dictator's grandson.
(d) That they were hiding from the guardia.

4. Where did the Fannings take the Garcias for dinner?
(a) To a Chinese restaurant.
(b) To the Crystal Palace.
(c) To a supper club.
(d) To a Spanish restaurant.

5. What gift did the father bring for the girls when he returned from America?
(a) Books.
(b) Red boots.
(c) Dolls in costumes.
(d) Mechanical banks.

6. What did Sandi see when her father and Mrs. Fanning accompanied her to the restroom?
(a) Mrs. Fanning lost her skirt.
(b) Mrs. Fanning fell down.
(c) Mrs. Fanning kissing her father.
(d) Her father caught Mrs. Fanning.

7. Why did Carla's mother not drive her to school?
(a) She didn't know how to drive.
(b) She wanted Carla to walk for the excercise.
(c) She prefered the bus.
(d) She was too busy to drive her daughter.

8. Who was talking on the television in the chapter "Snow" and, in Yolanda's mind, was looking worried?
(a) President Kennedy.
(b) Her father.
(c) The Cuban president.
(d) Sister Zoe.

9. Why were all the de la Torre girls sent to take art lessons?
(a) All the de la Torre girls were given equal decorative skills.
(b) The teacher wanted a full class.
(c) The teacher wanted to make more money.
(d) They got a better price for more kids.

10. What expression was Carla so taken with that she used it over and over?
(a) Too cool.
(b) Swan song.
(c) My friend.
(d) By heart.

11. Why did Yolanda like her 4th grade teacher so much?
(a) She was pretty.
(b) She didn't make Yolanda do any work.
(c) She said that Yolanda was a pretty name.
(d) She spoke Spanish.

12. What did Sandi see on Christmas Eve with her family after the art lesson?
(a) Their house was ransacked by the secret police.
(b) All her cousins gathered at grandmother and grandfather's.
(c) Don Jose's giants from the workshed.
(d) All the gifts under the tree.

13. What did Carla think of the yearly celebration of coming to America?
(a) It was great and she loved the cake.
(b) It was celebrating the day they lost everything.
(c) She totally understood the fuss.
(d) She couldn't remember coming to America.

14. Where was Yolanda seated in her 4th grade class?
(a) Off to the side.
(b) In a special seat in the front row.
(c) In the back of the class.
(d) In the front facing the class.

15. What kind of drills did Yolanda have in the 4th grade?
(a) Air raid drills.
(b) Tornado drills.
(c) Hurricane drills.
(d) Snow emergency drills.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Carla's mother react to her being accosted on the way home from school?

2. What did Carla find under the Christmas tree on Christmas morning?

3. When asked what he wanted to be when he grows up, what did Mundin respond?

4. Why did Nivea think the girls were lucky?

5. What did Papito, the grandfather, do to make the government not like him very much?

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