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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who came up behind Lizet to calm her down before she attacked Tracy in Chapter 28?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Lourdes.
(c) Anna.
(d) Leidy.

2. Who was the woman at the rally that spoke to Lizet and her mother about the drunk drivers on New Year's Eve in Chapter 23?
(a) Pat.
(b) Myra.
(c) Louise.
(d) Anna.

3. How old does Lizet describe her mother as being in Chapter 23?
(a) 38.
(b) 36.
(c) 45.
(d) 49.

4. Where did Ethan say his father lived in Chapter 25?
(a) Portland.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Spokane.

5. Who loaned Lizet the shirt she wore to the club in Chapter 22?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Leidy.
(c) Tracy.
(d) Danielle.

6. Who did Lizet say to Ethan gave her the ring she was wearing in Chapter 25?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her father.

7. What did Lizet's father offer for her to eat when she appeared at his home in Chapter 30?
(a) Canned fruit cocktail.
(b) Broccoli casserole.
(c) Chicken noodle soup.
(d) Tacos.

8. Where did Leidy begin graduate school?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Rutgers.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Harvard.

9. Lizet told Tracy to go kiss a poster of whom when she ranted over the news in Chapter 28?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Che Guevara.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Fidel Castro.

10. What had Roly's mother done when Leidy took Dante to visit him on his first birthday?
(a) She threatened to take custody of him.
(b) She left the city.
(c) She threatened to call the police.
(d) She called Lourdes.

11. Lizet says in Chapter 29 that she had come to think of Ethan as a grown-up version of whom?
(a) Dante.
(b) Lourdes.
(c) Omar.
(d) Ricky.

12. What is the name of Leidy and David's daughter in Chapter 36?
(a) Lizet.
(b) Angelica.
(c) Lourdes.
(d) Maria.

13. Where did Lizet go to call Professor Kaufmann in Chapter 35?
(a) The library.
(b) The gas station.
(c) Omar's house.
(d) Her mother's bedroom.

14. During what years was Fidel Castro the President of Cuba?
(a) 1999-2001.
(b) 1961-1968.
(c) 1962-1979.
(d) 1976-2008.

15. What struck Lizet about Caridaylis when she saw her at the rally in Chapter 24?
(a) Her stunning beauty.
(b) Her normalness.
(c) Her heavy weight.
(d) Her magnified age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "cálmate" translate to in English?

2. What did Lizet's father ask her as he drove her to her mother's apartment in Chapter 30?

3. What was printed on the first of the banners that Lizet saw from the racist group protesting in Chapter 35?

4. How much money did Omar say he dropped to get them into the club in Chapter 22?

5. How many people were arrested for drunk driving on the Palmetto on New Year's Eve, according to the woman in the crowd in Chapter 23?

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