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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 it was cold.
(b) That each flake was different, like a person.
(c) That she would grow to hate it.
(d) That it was nuclear fallout.

2. At the end of the chapter, what happened when Carla put a coin in the bank?
(a) It was given to her sister.
(b) It got stuck, halfway up, halfway down.
(c) It was taken away and she never saw it again.
(d) Father returned it to the store in New York.

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

4. 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) Yolanda because she spoke the best English.
(d) Carla alone.

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

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

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

8. Who was talking on the television in the chapter "Snow" and, in Yolanda's mind, was looking worried?
(a) Sister Zoe.
(b) President Kennedy.
(c) Her father.
(d) The Cuban president.

9. What did the de la Torre family do on Christmas Eve after the art lesson?
(a) They visited New York.
(b) They went to the National Cathedral.
(c) They swam in the pool.
(d) They opened presents at grandmother and grandfather's house.

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

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

12. What did Yolanda think snow was when she first saw it?
(a) Fallout from an atomic bomb.
(b) It was a ticker-tape parade.
(c) It was paper falling from the sky.
(d) She knew it was snow.

13. What kind of drills did Yolanda have in the 4th grade?
(a) Air raid drills.
(b) Snow emergency drills.
(c) Hurricane drills.
(d) Tornado drills.

14. When Carla approached the window of the strange car on her way home from school, what did she discover?
(a) That she was able to give directions without faltering.
(b) That she spoke English better than she thought.
(c) That the driver was naked from the waist down.
(d) That she knew the make of the car right away.

15. What did the grandmother supervise religiously?
(a) The grandfather's diet.
(b) Her daughters.
(c) Her grandchildren.
(d) Her travel plans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Carla think of the yearly celebration of coming to America?

3. What did Papito, the grandfather, do to make the government not like him very much?

4. What did Carla find under the Christmas tree on Christmas morning?

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

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