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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter from a Caribbean Island.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl's father quote when he sees Fidel Castro on the television?
(a) A commercial.
(b) A short story.
(c) A poem.
(d) The Bible.

2. What does the old man in "Letter from a Caribbean Island" do one night after screaming with joy?
(a) Jumps off the pier.
(b) Runs into the ocean.
(c) Writes a poem.
(d) Buries himself in sand.

3. At the end of "Letter from a Caribbean Island", what does Marina say she finally knows?
(a) How to swim.
(b) That she will heal.
(c) That she will be rich.
(d) How to love.

4. What did "they" float through in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The crowd.
(c) Florida.
(d) The sky.

5. What does the girl do with the fruit she picks in "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish"?
(a) Eats it.
(b) Throws it.
(c) Gives it to her mother.
(d) Bakes it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marina watch an old man on the beach?

2. What does the girl leave on the stove when she leaves her apartment in "Twist and Shout"?

3. What color is the fruit in "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish"?

4. Why does the girl leave her apartment in "Twist and Shout"?

5. Why does the girl slip away from Manny at the party?

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