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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When asked what he wanted to be when he grows up, what did Mundin respond?
(a) He wanted to be an artist.
(b) He wanted to play basketball.
(c) He wanted to go into the medical profession.
(d) He wanted to go to college in America.

2. What was the secret phrase that the mother sent to Don Victor to tell him that there was trouble?
(a) To come to the house to eat.
(b) To come pick up his tennis shoes.
(c) To go play tennis with her husband.
(d) To go to his office.

3. How did Carla's mother react to her being accosted on the way home from school?
(a) She yelled at Carla.
(b) She called her husband.
(c) She sent her back to the island.
(d) She called the police.

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

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

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

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

8. What kind of dancers were at the restaurant where the Fannings took the Garcias?
(a) Polka dancers.
(b) Flamenco dancers.
(c) Ballroom dancers.
(d) Can-Can dancers.

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

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

11. What story was Yolanda reading when her cousin tried to get her attention with the clay snake?
(a) Scheharazade.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) The Bible.

12. Before the Garcias went out to dinner with the Fannings, what did the mother tell the girls they were allowed to order as a drink in the restaurant?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Milk or ice water.
(c) Coca-Cola.
(d) Tea.

13. When Carla was accosted on the way home from school, what kind of car was the man driving?
(a) A Volkswagen.
(b) A lime green medium-sized car.
(c) A large black car.
(d) A Ford.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of drills did Yolanda have in the 4th grade?

2. Which aunt was divorced?

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

4. What did Mundin want Yolanda to show him as a trade for the clay?

5. When Sandi was startled by the man, what happened?

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