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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and 10 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maydelis tell Jeanette about Yosmany?
(a) He is well-educated.
(b) He is a lady's man.
(c) He is wealthy.
(d) He is classless.

2. What does Vanessa say she learned about their great-grandmother Cecelia in Chapter 6?
(a) She was a famous dancer.
(b) She was the first of their family to come to the U.S.
(c) She worked in a sugarcane field.
(d) She worked in a cigar factory.

3. What does Dolores do the night Daniel tells her they won and gives her money to buy a whole pig to roast?
(a) She kicks him out.
(b) She invits the neighbors to a party.
(c) She buys Carmen and Elena new dresses.
(d) She kills him.

4. What word has two-year-old Elena just learned at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Daddy.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Force.

5. What does it say on the form Gloria does not understand?
(a) Immediate Release Form.
(b) Voluntary Departure.
(c) Citizenship Approval.
(d) Involuntary Departure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dolores think stole the book when she discovers it is missing a week after Jeanette takes it?

2. What does Maydelis tell Jeanette she thought might happen after she and Jeanette spent time together?

3. What types of books does Gloria like to read while in detention?

4. Who believes "the past only haunts you if you let it" (105)?

5. What does Gloria call the smear of blood on her bed?

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