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

2. What type of music can be heard playing in the narrator's apartment building?
(a) Latin.
(b) Salsa.
(c) Rock.
(d) Opera.

3. In "Fever", when does the girl remember seeing her father?
(a) On Mondays and Wednesdays.
(b) On Saturday nights.
(c) On Tuesdays and Thursdays.
(d) On weekends.

4. What item does the girl debate the value of in "An Early Mystery"?
(a) Candy.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Books.
(d) Rugs.

5. After leaving the shop in "An Early Mystery", what does the girl think about the woman?
(a) The girl hates the woman.
(b) The girl feels the woman is still there.
(c) The girl can't remember the woman at all.
(d) The girl tries to see the woman again.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Absolution in the New Year", what does the girl's father feel the girl is becoming?

2. How does the girl's mother act with the shopkeeper in "An Early Mystery"?

3. What animal will watch the grave in "Volar: To Fly"?

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

5. How old is the girl in "Absolution in the New Year"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the salesman never allowed back in the girl's home in "Not For Sale"?

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

3. How does the author use the Bible to describe Fidel Castro?

4. In "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish", what does the fruit represent?

5. In "How to Get a Baby", what part of nature helps perpetuate life?

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

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

8. In "5:00 A.M.: Writing as Ritual", how does the author help change her life?

9. What happens the night the old man sees a dolphin in "Letter from a Caribbean Island"?

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

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