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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the grandmother supervise religiously?

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

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

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

5. Why did the bank get rusty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the three encounters with nudity in the novel? How does each encounter seem to affect the child? Is there long-term damage to the child or is it quickly forgotten? Why do you think so? Since the stories are told through history, how accurate do you think the stories are?

Essay Topic 2

If the key to life is happiness, who is happy at the end of the novel? Who do you think made the transition to America with the greatest ease? Why?

Essay Topic 3

How do you think being raised around all men with machismo affected the girls in their lives? How do they end up viewing men like their father and other men from the island? Are they attracted to men like this in later life? What about Otto? Does he possess these same qualities?

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