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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. Who was Lizet's college roommate in Chapter 2?

2. What percentage was the black population at Lizet's college?

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

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

5. What is Lizet's mother's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the main conflicts that Lizet faces in Chapter 2?

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

4. How do Lourdes and Leidy respond when Lizet asks about the sources of their stories in Chapter 7? Why?

5. What does Lizet's mother remark about Lizet's appearance at the airport in Chapter 15? What is Lizet's reaction?

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

7. What are the two main timelines presented in the narrative and how are they established?

8. How has Lizet skewed Omar's reality since she has been at Rawlings? Why?

9. What does Lizet think of when driving past her childhood home in Chapter 18?

10. What does the film Monty Python's Life of Brian signify in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Give three examples of irony and discuss each. What is verbal irony and how is it employed in the novel? What situational irony can be seen in Lizet's experiences? How is dramatic irony employed and what are the effects it creates?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Ariel Hernandez case as a backdrop in Make Your Home Among Strangers. Upon what real-life scenario is this story based? What was the outcome of that case? How does the Ariel Hernandez case in this novel reflect cultural differences?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character or Ricky Ramirez in Make Your Home Among Strangers. What has caused the resentment that Lizet, Leidy, and Lourdes have toward Ricky? Is their resentment justified? What are Ricky's actions, objectives, and obstacles in the story?

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