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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Changeling", how did the girl hide her hair?
(a) Under a wide brimmed hat.
(b) In a tight bun.
(c) Under a dungaree.
(d) Under an army helmet.

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

3. How does the girl treat her father in "Dividir: To Divide"?
(a) She doesn't let him back in the apartment.
(b) She doesn't let him do anything for her.
(c) She tries to provide support for him.
(d) She argues with him daily.

4. What was the girl's father's day job?
(a) Mechanic for big trucks.
(b) Handy man for people in New York City.
(c) Manager of a store.
(d) Superintendent of the apartment building.

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

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

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

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

9. What does the girl hear at night in "Orar: To Pray"?
(a) Her mother leaving.
(b) Her mother calling her aunt.
(c) Her mother kneeling.
(d) Her mother crying.

10. What color is the fruit in "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

11. Where did "they" come from in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?
(a) Cuba.
(b) France.
(c) Sierra Maestra.
(d) Jerusalem.

12. In "The Lesson of the Sugarcane", what does the girl's mother want her to smell?
(a) Freshly cut grass.
(b) The sun.
(c) Flat tires.
(d) Sugarcane.

13. How does the girl feel about living in the city?
(a) She makes fun of it.
(b) She hates it.
(c) She loves it.
(d) She doesn't really care.

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

15. How long did the girl's grandmother live in New York?
(a) One year.
(b) One month.
(c) Two years.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Fever", when does the girl remember seeing her father?

3. What did the girl do in "The Lesson of the Sugarcane" while she waited in the car?

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

5. What did the grandmother promise the grandfather when she returned from New York?

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