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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl watch out her bedroom window in "American History"?
(a) Moonlight.
(b) Snow.
(c) Sunlight.
(d) Rain.

2. What item does the girl debate the value of in "An Early Mystery"?
(a) Books.
(b) Candy.
(c) Rugs.
(d) Jewelry.

3. In "An Early Mystery", what does the woman ask the girl?
(a) If she is lost.
(b) If she is her father's daughter.
(c) If she loves her mother.
(d) If she remembers the woman.

4. In the grandmother's story in "The Witch's Husband", what does the wife do one night?
(a) She flies away.
(b) She gallops away.
(c) She swims away.
(d) She runs away.

5. In "Absolution in the New Year", what does the girl's mother offer to console her?
(a) Water.
(b) Tea.
(c) Money.
(d) A hug.

6. How does the girl's father respond to the salesman in "Not For Sale"?
(a) He is pleased.
(b) He is saddened.
(c) He is confused.
(d) He is outraged.

7. Why do the kids at school tease the girl?
(a) For being fat.
(b) For being skinny.
(c) For being tall.
(d) For being short.

8. Where did the girl's father work at night?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) A night club.
(d) A department store.

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

10. 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.

11. What does the girl do with her diary at the end of "Absolution in the New Year"?
(a) Hides it.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Starts to write lies in it.
(d) Tears up the pages.

12. What does the girl notice about the type of voice her mother uses with the shopkeeper in "An Early Mystery"?
(a) It's unlike any voice she has heard.
(b) It's quiter than normal.
(c) It's more soothing than she is used to hearing.
(d) It's like the one she uses with her father.

13. What does the girl leave on the stove when she leaves her apartment in "Twist and Shout"?
(a) A pot of rice.
(b) A pot of beans.
(c) A carton of milk.
(d) An empty pot.

14. What type of music can be heard playing in the narrator's apartment building?
(a) Latin.
(b) Opera.
(c) Salsa.
(d) Rock.

15. What is the name of the salesman in "Not For Sale"?
(a) El Arabe.
(b) Mr. Gold.
(c) Francious.
(d) Le Spanard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children do the girl's grandparents have?

2. What did "they" float through in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?

3. In "Absolution in the New Year", what does the girl's father feel the girl is becoming?

4. What animal is rumored to be among the sugarcane?

5. In "By Love Betrayed", what does the girl say that she remembers most about her father?

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