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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What year is it in "Twist and Shout"?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1967.

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

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

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

6. In the grandmother's story, what does the husband thank God for?
(a) For salt.
(b) For power.
(c) For food.
(d) For money.

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

8. Where does the narrator live?
(a) California.
(b) Florida.
(c) New York.
(d) New Jersey.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does the girl watch out her bedroom window in "American History"?
(a) Sunlight.
(b) Snow.
(c) Rain.
(d) Moonlight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Fidel Castro described in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?

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

4. What does the girl see at Juan de Dios's funeral that makes her run out?

5. In the grandmother's story in "The Witch's Husband", what does the wife do one night?

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