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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. Where does the girl sometimes sleep in "Fever"?
(a) In bed with her mother.
(b) In her father's car.
(c) On the floor.
(d) On the couch.

2. What was the girl's father's day job?
(a) Manager of a store.
(b) Handy man for people in New York City.
(c) Superintendent of the apartment building.
(d) Mechanic for big trucks.

3. What does the girl do with the fruit she picks in "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish"?
(a) Bakes it.
(b) Throws it.
(c) Gives it to her mother.
(d) Eats it.

4. In "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish", the girl eats all the fruit before it ends up where?
(a) On the tree.
(b) On the ground.
(c) In the sky.
(d) In her house.

5. How does the girl know what apartment her father is in in "By Love Betrayed"?
(a) He left her a note on the kitchen table.
(b) She sees his toolbox.
(c) She hears him yelling through the door.
(d) Her mother told her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl liken love to in "Fever"?

2. In "Fever", where does the girl remember her mother eating dinner?

3. Why do the kids at school tease Eugene?

4. What does the girl notice about the type of voice her mother uses with the shopkeeper in "An Early Mystery"?

5. In "An Early Mystery", what does the woman ask the girl?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did biology class conflict with the woman's beliefs in "Advanced Biology"?

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

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

5. In "The Lesson of the Sugarcane", why does the girl feel she was taken to the car?

6. How did the girl's mother feel about her visit to the shop in "An Early Mystery"?

7. What things startle the girl when she goes to a party in "Twist and Shout"?

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

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

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

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