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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 167 - 220).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does Wilma tell Lala in the Prologue?
(a) The story about the troll.
(b) The story about the mermaid.
(c) The story about the fisherman.
(d) The story about the one-armed sister.

2. What does Auntie Petra do to Adan for stealing from Dr. Thompson's daughter?
(a) Makes him eat dirt.
(b) Grounds him.
(c) Throws him out of the house.
(d) Beats him.

3. What does Lala do for money on the beach?
(a) Braid tourists' hair.
(b) Sell burritos.
(c) Sell coconuts.
(d) Sing.

4. Who does Sergeant Beckles lust after?
(a) Wilma.
(b) The Queen of Sheba.
(c) Lala.
(d) Jacinthe.

5. What work did Wilma do in the 1960s?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Planting.
(d) Braiding hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mira notice about how Rosa treats the first Mrs. Whalen?

2. What does Rosa do to help Mira in Chapter 19?

3. What does Peter Whalen do for a living?

4. What does Mira think the children's eyes hold as they hug her goodbye when they leave with their own mother?

5. What do Adan and Lala fight over in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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