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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. How many deans did Lizet face at her meeting in Chapter 11?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

2. How much weight did Lizet lose in the first fall at college?
(a) 30 pounds.
(b) 20 pounds.
(c) 11 pounds.
(d) 5 pounds.

3. How much older is Lizet's sister than she is?
(a) Three years older.
(b) Two years older.
(c) Four years older.
(d) One year older.

4. What is Lizet's mother's name?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Leidy.
(c) Lourdes.
(d) Teresa.

5. For how long had Lizet lived in her mother's apartment before she left for college?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 6 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lizet attend high school?

2. Where did Lizet grow up?

3. When was Dante born?

4. What does "vecinos" translate to in English?

5. How much money was Lizet's family initially expected to pay toward her college tuition?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Lizet have resentment toward her father in the beginning of the novel?

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

4. How would you describe the narrative style of Make Your Home Among Strangers?

5. Where is Lizet and why is she returning home in Chapter 2?

6. Who is Jaquelin Medina? Where did Lizet meet her?

7. Who is Ariel Hernandez?

8. How is Lizet's visit to Fito's home described? Why does she go there?

9. What do Lizet and the young Latina woman on the shuttle have in common in Chapter 3?

10. Who is Rafael? What are Lizet's impressions of him when she meets him?

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