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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the girl's father doing in "The Lesson of the Sugarcane"?
(a) Testing new tires.
(b) Selling repaired flat tires.
(c) Making a tire swing.
(d) Changing a flat tire.

2. What does the girl see at Juan de Dios's funeral that makes her run out?
(a) Her face in a mirror.
(b) His hands.
(c) His family.
(d) Her crush.

3. The book of dreams in Spanish says that the tree represents what?
(a) The girl's education.
(b) The girl's mother.
(c) The girl's dreams.
(d) The girl's father.

4. Why did the girl stay home from school in "By Love Betrayed"?
(a) She forgot to do her homework.
(b) The building is closed.
(c) It is a snow day.
(d) She pretends to be sick.

5. How does the girl know what apartment her father is in in "By Love Betrayed"?
(a) She sees his toolbox.
(b) Her mother told her.
(c) He left her a note on the kitchen table.
(d) She hears him yelling through the door.

6. In "Absolution in the New Year", what does the girl's father feel the girl is becoming?
(a) A Jezebel.
(b) A fool.
(c) A thief.
(d) A liar.

7. Where does the narrator live?
(a) Florida.
(b) New York.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) California.

8. What color did "they" wear in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

9. In "Fever", where does the girl remember her mother eating dinner?
(a) In the dining room.
(b) On the couch.
(c) In her bedroom.
(d) In the kitchen.

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

11. In the grandmother's story, what does the husband thank God for?
(a) For salt.
(b) For money.
(c) For power.
(d) For food.

12. Why isn't the girl allowed to drive?
(a) The family doesn't have a car.
(b) Her father won't let her.
(c) She failed her driving test.
(d) Her mother won't let her.

13. In "By Love Betrayed", what does the girl say that she remembers most about her father?
(a) His smile.
(b) His smell.
(c) His laugh.
(d) His eyes.

14. In "Fever", when does the girl remember seeing her father?
(a) On Saturday nights.
(b) On Mondays and Wednesdays.
(c) On Tuesdays and Thursdays.
(d) On weekends.

15. What did Don Juan de Dios used to do for the girl in Puerto Rico?
(a) Took her ice skating.
(b) Tell stories.
(c) Babysat her.
(d) Made snowcones.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish", the girl eats all the fruit before it ends up where?

2. In 'The Book of Dreams in Spanish", the girl reaches for fruit on what branches?

3. After leaving the shop in "An Early Mystery", what does the girl think about the woman?

4. What music does the girl always hear in "Twist and Shout"?

5. In "The Lesson of the Sugarcane", what does the girl's mother want her to smell?

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