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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lydia.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happen to some of the mother's prayers?
(a) They dissolve into space.
(b) They get lost in the kitchen.
(c) They haunt the apartment.
(d) They fall on the girl.

3. In "Lydia", what is the last token Lydia leaves?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A book of psalms.
(c) A calender.
(d) A dictionary.

4. Who does Dona Ernestina leave with at the end of "Nada"?
(a) A paramedic.
(b) The police.
(c) The girl's father.
(d) A judge.

5. Who is killed the day the girl has plans with Eugene?
(a) The vice president.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The governor.
(d) The president.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the girl know what apartment her father is in in "By Love Betrayed"?

2. What did Juana reject in "Juana: An Old Story"?

3. In "Letter from a Caribbean Island" what does the old man do during the night?

4. How old is the girl in "Absolution in the New Year"?

5. Why did the girl stay home from school in "By Love Betrayed"?

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