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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Celina's group assigned after basic training?
(a) California.
(b) Florida.
(c) Georgia.
(d) New York.

2. Who usually skips the parties at Abuelita's?
(a) Tito Benny.
(b) Papi.
(c) Mami.
(d) Junior.

3. What did Juli's father die of?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Drinking himself to death.
(d) AIDS.

4. What are Mami and Papi fighting about at the start of the Prologue?
(a) Papi learning how to give Sonia her insulin shot.
(b) Papi getting drunk and losing his job.
(c) Papi hitting Mami.
(d) Mami cheating on Papi.

5. Who was Sonia's best friend in elementary school?
(a) Tina.
(b) Gilmar.
(c) Alfredo.
(d) Jane.

6. What toy brings Sonia's surveillance activities to a new level in Chapter 1?
(a) The easy bake oven.
(b) Cabbage patch doll.
(c) Little Miss Echo.
(d) Sony play-recorder.

7. What happens at Abuelita's parties after the children go to bed?
(a) Dance parties.
(b) The adults smoke weed.
(c) Drinking games.
(d) The velada.

8. Where did Abuelita grow up?
(a) Old San Juan.
(b) New York.
(c) An area of San Juan called Santurce.
(d) Ponce.

9. Where does Mami work in Chapter 1?
(a) Sears.
(b) Katz's dinner.
(c) Yale Hospital.
(d) Prospect Hospital.

10. Although Juli's education is limited, in what area does he have a natural skill?
(a) Working with his hands.
(b) Art.
(c) Learning languages.
(d) Numbers.

11. Who refuses to come see Celina while she is mourning Papi's death?
(a) Father Dolan.
(b) Abuelita.
(c) Tit Carmen.
(d) Ana.

12. When was Celina born?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1900.

13. Who does Abuelita believe spoke through Sonia in Chapter 5?
(a) Her long dead sister.
(b) Juli.
(c) Gallego.
(d) Celina's mother.

14. Who is in charge of disciplining Celina when she is a child?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Mayo.
(c) Aurora.
(d) Her father.

15. What is Celina's job?
(a) Vet.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sonia's best from in elementary school move?

2. What is Carmelo's nickname for Sonia in Chapter 10?

3. What year is Sonia diagnosed?

4. What does Sonia meet at the start of Chapter 4?

5. What disease does Gallego have?

(see the answer keys)

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