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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the girl do with the fruit she picks in "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish"?
(a) Throws it.
(b) Gives it to her mother.
(c) Eats it.
(d) Bakes it.

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

5. What grade is the narrator in?
(a) Seventh.
(b) Tenth.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Eighth.

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

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

8. Where does the girl sometimes sleep in "Fever"?
(a) In her father's car.
(b) On the couch.
(c) On the floor.
(d) In bed with her mother.

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

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

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

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

13. How does the girl know what apartment her father is in in "By Love Betrayed"?
(a) Her mother told her.
(b) He left her a note on the kitchen table.
(c) She hears him yelling through the door.
(d) She sees his toolbox.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Fever", where does the girl remember her mother eating dinner?

2. In "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish", the girl eats all the fruit before it ends up where?

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

4. What does the girl's father quote when he sees Fidel Castro on the television?

5. After leaving the shop in "An Early Mystery", what does the girl think about the woman?

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