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

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

3. What did Don Juan de Dios used to do for the girl in Puerto Rico?
(a) Babysat her.
(b) Took her ice skating.
(c) Tell stories.
(d) Made snowcones.

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

5. What animal is rumored to be among the sugarcane?
(a) Weasels.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Slugs.
(d) Boars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the grandmother promise the grandfather when she returned from New York?

2. How does the girl feel about living in the city?

3. What did "they" float through in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?

4. What did the girl's mother insist she do in "The Changeling"?

5. Why isn't the girl allowed to drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "How to Get a Baby", how should women who want a baby interact with their child?

2. In "Vida", what happens between the narrator and Gabriel?

3. What does Eugene's mother say to the girl when she comes to visit?

4. In "The Medium's Burden", why does the medium stay silent?

5. What does the girl say the book of dreams in Spanish does not tell her?

6. When the woman in "Advanced Biology" thinks back to Ira, what does she wonder?

7. After Manuel's death what does Corazon decide to do?

8. How did the girl's father react to her game of dress-up in "The Changeling"?

9. In "Corazon's Cafe", why does Corazon say she was initially attracted to Manuel?

10. In "The Story of My Body", what has the girl come to desire after marriage?

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