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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of sandwiches does Lizet describe being introduced to at college in Chapter 7?

3. At what diner did Jillian spend her nights studying before due dates?

4. What restaurant did Lizet's father ask her to meet him at in Chapter 17?

5. What religion did Lizet's mother adopt for a few months and then bully her husband to convert?

Short Essay Questions

1. For how long have Lizet and Omar been dating in Chapter 7? What are Lizet's feelings about their relationship?

2. What verdict does the committee reach in Lizet's hearing in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

7. How is Lizet's first experience seeing snow described?

8. Who is Dante's father? Where is he?

9. What does Lizet do with the young Latina woman's business card in Chapter 3? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lizet's relationship with Omar in Make Your Home Among Strangers. For how long have they been seeing one another? In what ways is their relationship similar to Leidy's relationship with Roly? How is it different? Do you think that Omar is a protagonist or antagonist in the story? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the narrative style in Make Your Home Among Strangers. From whose perspective is the story related? In what tense? How would the story change if it were related from a different perspective?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of privilege in Make Your Home Among Strangers. In what ways are Lizet's classmates at Rawlings typically more privileged than she is? How does privilege apply to Ethan's character? How does this theme relate to the Ariel Hernandez motif?

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