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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did Nivea think the girls were lucky?
(a) Because they could swim every morning.
(b) Because when their father returned from a trip he always brought them presents.
(c) Because they lived in a beautiful house.
(d) Because their yard was so pretty.

4. What happened to Carla's schooling after the incident with the man in the car?
(a) She returned to the public school close to home.
(b) She returned to the island.
(c) She was home-schooled.
(d) She dropped out of school.

5. What did Victor offer to the secret police to end the trouble with the Garcia's?
(a) He offered the police money.
(b) He offered to escort them from their home.
(c) He agreed to have the Garcias out of the country in 48 hours.
(d) He agreed to defend the Garcias.

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

7. Whose property was next to the de la Torre compound?
(a) The dictator's daughter and son-in-law.
(b) Uncle Tios compound.
(c) The centro - downtown area.
(d) The Garcia's compound.

8. 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 were eating guavas.
(c) They were spying on the dictator's grandson.
(d) They found kittens.

9. What happened to the Human Body at the end of the chapter?
(a) It was put away in a closet and never played with.
(b) Mundin gave it to Yolanda and she played with it all the time.
(c) The dogs chewed the parts until they couldn't be recognized.
(d) The grandmother took it away from both children.

10. What happened to Gladys when the parents discovered that she had something belonging to Carla?
(a) She was transferred to laundry duty.
(b) She was fired.
(c) She was given a vacation.
(d) She was transferred to lawn duty.

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

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

13. What did La Bruja do almost daily to annoy the Garcias?
(a) She sent Alfredo to complain about the noise.
(b) Accosted the girls' mother and told her to go back to where she came from.
(c) Told their father that the girls were too loud.
(d) Yelled at the girls as they entered the building.

14. What happened to Sandi's ability to paint?
(a) Her arm healed straight, but she lost interest in painting.
(b) Her arm healed and she painted for another month or so.
(c) Her arm healed crooked and she never painted again.
(d) She became a painter and majored in art at college.

15. What did Mrs. Fanning do at dinner that angered her husband?
(a) She drank too much.
(b) She ate too much.
(c) She asked too many questions.
(d) She made over the girls too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the chapter, what happened when Carla put a coin in the bank?

2. What was Yolanda's 4th grade teacher's name?

3. Who taught at the Catholic school that the girls first attended in New York?

4. On their last day in the Dominican Republic what were the girls allowed to take with them to the U.S.?

5. When the house was dressed up for the Christmas party, what did the poinsettias look like?

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