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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 percentage was the black population at Lizet's college?

2. What is Lizet's father's name?

3. Where did Dana say her Spanish teacher was from?

4. What is Jaquelin's last name?

5. Where did the older white couple get out in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Dr. Kaufmann in the novel. How does Lizet come to know Dr. Kaufmann? What drew Lizet to her class? How does Dr. Kaufmann show support for Lizet?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of Rawlings College. Where is Rawlings located? How esteemed is the college? What is the student body like? How are the buildings described?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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