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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was confusing to Carla as she entered the 7th grade?
(a) Her mother couldn't drive a car.
(b) Her body was changing.
(c) Her sisters were embarrassing.
(d) Her dad dressed weird.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the father's hiding place from the secret police?

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

3. What did La Bruja do almost daily to annoy the Garcias?

4. What did Laura offer the men who were keeping watch at her gate when she arrived home?

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

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