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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the girl talk about when she was dressed up in "The Changeling"?
(a) Tales of parties and pain.
(b) Tales of battles and brotherhood.
(c) Tales of wars and wonders.
(d) Tales of feasts and festivities.

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

4. How does the girl's mother react to the girl's father in "Fever"?
(a) She complains.
(b) She is silent.
(c) She cries.
(d) She argues.

5. What does the girl do in her room in "Not For Sale"?
(a) Writes poems.
(b) Sings songs.
(c) Makes up stories.
(d) Talks with her mother.

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

7. What type of fruit tree is in "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish"?
(a) Fig.
(b) Apple.
(c) Banana.
(d) Tamarind.

8. Why does the girl slip away from Manny at the party?
(a) He is talking too much.
(b) He is dancing too roughly.
(c) He is looking at another girl.
(d) He is not dancing at all.

9. What did the girl do in "The Lesson of the Sugarcane" while she waited in the car?
(a) Sweated.
(b) Day-dreamed.
(c) Slept.
(d) Cried.

10. How is Fidel Castro described in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?
(a) Short.
(b) Well-dressed.
(c) Bearded.
(d) Soft-spoken.

11. Where did the girl's family come from?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Guatamala.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Mexico.

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

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

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

15. After leaving the shop in "An Early Mystery", what does the girl think about the woman?
(a) The girl can't remember the woman at all.
(b) The girl hates the woman.
(c) The girl tries to see the woman again.
(d) The girl feels the woman is still there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the girl's father doing in "The Lesson of the Sugarcane"?

2. What does the girl notice about the type of voice her mother uses with the shopkeeper in "An Early Mystery"?

3. What did the father do when the girl wanted to go into the sugarcane field?

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

5. Who is Manny?

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