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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl's father quote when he sees Fidel Castro on the television?
(a) The Bible.
(b) A poem.
(c) A commercial.
(d) A short story.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the girl pretending to be in "The Changeling"?

2. In "Absolution in the New Year", what does the girl's mother offer to console her?

3. How does the girl treat her father in "Dividir: To Divide"?

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

5. Why do the kids at school tease the girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the girl learn about clothing in "The Myth of the Latin Woman"?

2. How do the husband and wife mark time in "Anniversary"?

3. In "The Story of My Body", how does the girl re-tell her infancy?

4. How does the girl describe her father in "Fever"?

5. What story does the grandmother tell the girl in "The Witch's Husband"?

6. What happens when the medium's friends visit her in "The Medium's Burden"?

7. Why does the girl's mother cry when she sees Castro on the television?

8. What happens at Dona Ernestina's party?

9. What happens when Lorraine catches the girl in "The Paterson Public Library"?

10. What role do family obligations play in the author's journey in "5:00 A.M.: Writing as Ritual"?

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