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

2. 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.

3. In "By Love Betrayed", what does the girl say that she remembers most about her father?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His smile.
(c) His laugh.
(d) His smell.

4. In "The Changeling", how did the girl hide her hair?
(a) Under a wide brimmed hat.
(b) Under a dungaree.
(c) Under an army helmet.
(d) In a tight bun.

5. Why did the girl visit her grandfather in "The Witch's Husband"?
(a) He has lost all of his money.
(b) He is very ill.
(c) He is losing his grasp of reality.
(d) His roof is leaking.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the girl do in "The Lesson of the Sugarcane" while she waited in the car?

4. Who is killed the day the girl has plans with Eugene?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the girl's mother feel about sugarcane?

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

3. In "The Chameleon", where is the chameleon moved and why?

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

5. What does Paciencia do during the night in "Paciencia"?

6. In "Nothing Wasted", what was important about the seeds?

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

8. What did the girl think as she watched her father read her diary in "Absolution in the New Year"?

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

10. What does the girl's family plan to do the day the president is shot?

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