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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 is the name of the neighborhood where Lizet's father lived in Chapter 16?
(a) The Palmettos.
(b) The Heights.
(c) The Gardens.
(d) The Villas.

2. What college was Lizet attending in Chapter 2?
(a) Rollins College.
(b) New Haven College.
(c) Rawlings College.
(d) Rutgers College.

3. When was Dante born?
(a) June 30.
(b) April 14.
(c) July 7.
(d) March 25.

4. What is Jaquelin's last name?
(a) Medina.
(b) Swartz.
(c) Ramirez.
(d) Millinix.

5. What is the name of Omar's brother?
(a) Blanca.
(b) Ethan.
(c) Juan.
(d) Ariel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lizet's lab group making progress toward understanding, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?

2. What does "Noche Buena" refer to?

3. Where was the party that Lizet went to with her roommates in Chapter 13?

4. When does Lizet describe the weekly lab meetings that she helps her investigator run in Chapter 1?

5. For whom did Lizet work when she managed her first lab at the institute?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ethan's character described when Lizet first meets him?

2. How do Lourdes and Leidy react to seeing Lizet in Chapter 4?

3. How is Ricky's behavior different than Lourdes's behavior toward Lizet during Lizet's visit home for the holidays?

4. How is Lizet's first ice-skating experience described?

5. What information does the reader learn of Lizet's education in Chapters 1 and 2?

6. What academic support does Lizet begin taking advantage of at Rawlings in Chapter 12?

7. What does Lizet decide to confront her father about in Chapter 14? Why?

8. Why does Lizet lie to her mother and Leidy about where she is going in Chapter 17?

9. What does Lizet remark about the canal by her childhood home in Chapter 1?

10. What conflict emerges between Lizet and Jillian in Chapter 10?

(see the answer keys)

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