View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Jeanette and Maydelis at the start of Chapter 9?
(a) The beach.
(b) Dolores's house.
(c) Jeanette's apartment.
(d) Maydelis's house.

2. What does Gloria think of as "a constant calculation of what-if...I gave up" (61)?
(a) Life.
(b) The path to citizenship.
(c) Work.
(d) Motherhood.

3. Why does Daniel attack Dolores with a machete?
(a) He finds the money she has been hiding.
(b) She calls him a coward.
(c) He thinks she is anti-Castro.
(d) He thinks she is cheating on him.

4. What does Gloria call the smear of blood on her bed?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Motherhood.
(c) Ana.
(d) Jesus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Carmen's neighbor five years after Carmen saw what was inside her house?

2. What is in the orange pill bottle Mario pulls out of his pocket in Chapter 6?

3. How old is Carmen when her mother begins letting her drink espresso?

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

5. What does Maydelis tell Jeanette about Yosmany?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 257 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample