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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 classless.
(d) He is wealthy.

2. Where is Gloria at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) Prison in Mexico.
(b) Family detention center in Texas.
(c) Her family home in El Salvador.
(d) Her townhouse in Miami.

3. Why does Jeanette leave the dinner party early in Chapter 6?
(a) She feels she is being judged.
(b) She dislikes Lila.
(c) The food made her sick.
(d) She has to go to work.

4. Why does Carmen's family think she does not speak to her mother?
(a) Because of politics.
(b) Carmen does not like to talk on the phone.
(c) Carmen thinks her mother is evil.
(d) Carmen's mother kicked her out.

5. What is in the orange pill bottle Mario pulls out of his pocket in Chapter 6?
(a) Percocet.
(b) Prilosec.
(c) OxyContin.
(d) Migraine Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word has two-year-old Elena just learned at the start of Chapter 10?

2. Why does Dolores hide Les Miserables in the walls of her house?

3. What is the maximum number of days a child is supposed to be detained?

4. What do the detainees overhear guards saying, which makes them think they might be released sooner?

5. Who is Yosmany?

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