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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dancers were at the restaurant where the Fannings took the Garcias?

2. Why did Carla's mother not drive her to school?

3. The evening that the Garcias went to the restaurant to meet the Fannings, how did they get there?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do you think this story would be different had the family never moved to the U.S.? What would have happened to the father? Do you think the grandfather had the political muscle to help the father and allow him to stay on the island? Why? Why not?

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship between the servants and the family on the island? Does this change once they reach the States? Why? Why not? How do the children relate to the servants? Is their relationship different from the parents? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare life in the Dominican Republic and life in America for the girls. What changed when they moved to America? What was better? What was worse? How did their relationships with their cousins change? How did their parents change? Discuss daily life and school life as well as their change in social class.

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