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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the police questioned Carla about the man in the car, who did they insist answer all the questions?
(a) Carla's father.
(b) Carla's mother.
(c) Carla alone.
(d) Yolanda because she spoke the best English.

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

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

4. Who taught at the Catholic school that the girls first attended in New York?
(a) One of their aunts.
(b) The Sisters of Charity.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Public school teachers.

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

11. What did the father keep in his hiding place?
(a) Water, aspirin, sleeping pills and a small revolver.
(b) A club.
(c) Food and water only.
(d) A pillow to sleep.

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

13. What was the country's slogan in the Dominican Republic?
(a) "Trujillo is your friend."
(b) "God and Trujillo are taking care of you."
(c) "Become wealthy with Trujillo."
(d) "Country pride."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which aunt was divorced?

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

3. Why was Yolanda seated differently than the other children in her 4th grade class?

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

5. Why did the bank get rusty?

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