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

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

3. 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 tries to see the woman again.
(c) The girl can't remember the woman at all.
(d) The girl feels the woman is still there.

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

5. What did the father do when the girl wanted to go into the sugarcane field?
(a) Hitting the girl with sugarcane.
(b) Leading her away from the sugarcane.
(c) Telling her sugarcane is poison.
(d) Breaking the sugarcane.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who says that sugarcane is dangerous?

3. What color is the fruit in "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish"?

4. Where did the girl's family come from?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the girl slept in the same bed as her mother in "Fever"?

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

3. What does Olga write in her letters to Joaquin?

4. What does the girl do when she gets home from the party?

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

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

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

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

9. In "Unspoken", what does the mother want to tell her daughter?

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

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