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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Carla find under the Christmas tree on Christmas morning?
(a) New clothes.
(b) Another mechanical bank.
(c) A new book.
(d) A baby doll.

3. What did Gladys want from Carla?
(a) Her new doll.
(b) Her drum.
(c) Her mechanical bank.
(d) Her book.

4. Where did the grandparents travel to often?
(a) The Capitol.
(b) New York.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Hawaii.

5. When Carla reached the 7th grade, what did the nun at school suggest about her schooling?
(a) That Carla skip the 7th grade.
(b) That Carla should stay back a year and repeat grade six.
(c) That Carla should not go to school.
(d) That Carla go to a private school.

6. What did Sandi see in the shed at the artist's house?
(a) A man in uniform with a dog.
(b) An old servant doing laundry.
(c) Her father, doing laundry
(d) A naked man working on a large sculpture.

7. What was the rumor about Don Jose?
(a) That he left to go live in Madrid.
(b) That he went crazy and was unable to finish a colossal project for the church.
(c) That he was dead.
(d) That he ran off with Dona Charito's sister.

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

9. Who is Tia Mimi?
(a) The aunt married to the American.
(b) The aunt who rides a motorcycle.
(c) The "old-maid" aunt.
(d) The aunt who brushes her teach constantly.

10. When the mother said the girls were going to make her crazy, where did she say she would end up?
(a) In the river.
(b) Back on the island.
(c) In Belleview.
(d) On the streets.

11. What did Yolanda's teacher tell her about snow.
(a) That each flake was different, like a person.
(b) That it was nuclear fallout.
(c) That it was cold.
(d) That she would grow to hate it.

12. Which aunt was divorced?
(a) Tia Isa.
(b) Tia Maria.
(c) Tia Venice.
(d) Tia Rosa.

13. What did Laura offer the men who were keeping watch at her gate when she arrived home?
(a) Fans.
(b) Something cold to drink.
(c) Umbrellas for shade.
(d) A chair to rest.

14. What did the girls think of the nun's habits?
(a) That they must be hot.
(b) They were comforting.
(c) They were scary.
(d) They made them look like dolls in mourning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the grandmother supervise religiously?

2. Why did Yolanda like her 4th grade teacher so much?

3. What dance did the girls' parents dance at the Christmas party?

4. Why did Sandi get in trouble at the art lesson?

5. At the restaurant, what did Sandi do to pass the time?

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