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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 is the receptionist that gave Lizet her papers as she left the hearing in Chapter 11?

2. How much weight did Lizet lose in the first fall at college?

3. For how long had Lizet lived in her mother's apartment before she left for college?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character or Lourdes Ramirez in Make Your Home Among Strangers. How old is Lourdes? What causes Lourdes to become obsessed with the Ariel Hernandez case? How would you describe Loudes's relationships with her daughters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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