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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 did Lizet find in her mother's fridge when she arrived home for a surprise visit in Chapter 31?

2. Who was the maid of honor at Leidy's wedding?

3. What was David's profession when Leidy began dating him?

4. Where did Lizet's mother go on the morning she departed to return to school in Chapter 25?

5. How many students were in Lizet's Investigative Biology Laboratory class in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leidy react to Lizet's decision to go to California in Chapter 35? Why?

2. Why does Lizet feel conflicted about applying for the internship offered by Dr. Kaufmann?

3. What causes the conflict between Ethan and Lizet in Chapter 29?

4. How does Lizet react when she sees her mother on the news in Chapter 28?

5. What is in the envelopes from Ricky in Chapter 19? Who are the envelopes for?

6. Why does Lizet insist on going to her father's home in Chapter 30?

7. Why does Leidy try to prevent Lizet from going to the rally in Chapter 23?

8. What are Lizet's first impressions upon seeing Ariel with his uncle at the Hernandez home in Chapter 23?

9. What news is announced regarding the Ariel Hernandez case in Chapter 24?

10. What does the ring symbolize that Omar gives to Lizet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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