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

2. Why did the girl dress up in "The Changeling"?
(a) She wanted to be like her brother.
(b) She wanted to have fun.
(c) She wanted her father's attention.
(d) She wanted to grow up.

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

4. How many children do the girl's grandparents have?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. What did the grandmother promise the grandfather when she returned from New York?
(a) To raise his children.
(b) To let him move to the United States.
(c) To cook him dinner every night.
(d) To stay by his side.

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

7. What does the girl first notice about the woman that talks to her in the show in "An Early Mystery"?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her voice.
(c) Her clothes.
(d) Her smell.

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

9. What does the salesman do while telling a story in "Not For Sale"?
(a) Faints.
(b) Gives the girl a free bracelet.
(c) Puts a ring on the girl's finger.
(d) Slaps the girl's mother.

10. What did the girl's mother insist she do in "The Changeling"?
(a) Go to the store.
(b) Change into her own clothes.
(c) Make dinner in her costume.
(d) Braid the neighbor's hair.

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

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

13. Who says that sugarcane is dangerous?
(a) A stranger.
(b) The girl.
(c) The mother.
(d) The father.

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

15. In 'The Book of Dreams in Spanish", the girl reaches for fruit on what branches?
(a) The bottom branches.
(b) The broken branches.
(c) The top branches.
(d) The new branches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the girl's mother act with the shopkeeper in "An Early Mystery"?

3. What did the girl's father read in her diary?

4. What happen to some of the mother's prayers?

5. How old is the girl in "Absolution in the New Year"?

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