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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the bank get rusty?
(a) It was buried in the dirt.
(b) It was played with all the time.
(c) The island air made it rust.
(d) It was left out overnight in the rain.

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

3. On their last day in the Dominican Republic what were the girls allowed to take with them to the U.S.?
(a) Candy.
(b) One full suitcase.
(c) Three toys.
(d) One object each and the clothes they were wearing.

4. Who is Charito?
(a) The local prostitute.
(b) An aunt.
(c) A woman in America.
(d) The local artist.

5. When Victor arrived at the Garcia's and the secret police were there, what was revealed about the Garcia's immigration papers?
(a) That they had been cleared.
(b) That immigration papers were illegal.
(c) That they were held up.
(d) That there were no papers.

6. Who scolded Carla and told her she should not be in the maid's room?
(a) Mother.
(b) Yolanda.
(c) Chucha.
(d) Father.

7. What did Sandi want as a souvenir from the restaurant?
(a) A Barbie doll dressed as a Flaminco dancer.
(b) A picture with the dancers.
(c) A fake flower.
(d) An outfit like the dancers.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What game did the cousins play on the patio after their morning swim?
(a) Statues.
(b) Hop Scotch.
(c) Sidewalk chalk art.
(d) Jacks.

14. Why was Yolanda seated differently than the other children in her 4th grade class?
(a) Because she was the only immigrant and the teacher needed to tutor her without disturbing the other students.
(b) The teacher wanted to embarrass her.
(c) The teacher wanted the other kids to like Yolanda.
(d) The teacher grouped Yolanda with the nice kids.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did the Garcias live when they first arrived in New York?

4. When Carla approached the window of the strange car on her way home from school, what did she discover?

5. What did the Garcias do each year to celebrate coming to America?

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