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

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

3. What did the girl's father read in her diary?
(a) Her first puppy love.
(b) The things she hated most.
(c) Friends that had betrayed her.
(d) Her dreams for her future.

4. What happens when the girl goes to bed in "American History"?
(a) She cries.
(b) She makes a wish.
(c) She smiles.
(d) She writes in her journal.

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

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

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

8. Whose clothes did the girl wear in "The Changeling"?
(a) Her brother's.
(b) Her own.
(c) Her mother's
(d) Her father's

9. In "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish", the girl eats all the fruit before it ends up where?
(a) In her house.
(b) On the tree.
(c) On the ground.
(d) In the sky.

10. How does the girl's mother act with the shopkeeper in "An Early Mystery"?
(a) She argues with him.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She is fearful of him.
(d) She compliments him.

11. Where did the girl's father read her diary?
(a) In the living room.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In her bedroom.
(d) In his bedroom.

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

13. Who is Manny?
(a) The girl's cousin.
(b) The boy that all the girls like.
(c) The class president.
(d) The host of the party.

14. Who answers the door at the apartment the girl visits in "By Love Betrayed"?
(a) A wild looking blonde.
(b) A serious looking brunette.
(c) Her father.
(d) A mean redhead.

15. How old is the girl in "Absolution in the New Year"?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the girl do with the fruit she picks in "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish"?

3. Where did the girl's father work at night?

4. Where does the girl sometimes sleep in "Fever"?

5. What did Don Juan de Dios used to do for the girl in Puerto Rico?

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