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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Maria Isabel work in Chapter 1?
(a) A cigar factory.
(b) A farm.
(c) A sewing factory.
(d) A rich woman's house.

2. What word is used to describe the way Carmen feels when she thinks of her late husband?
(a) Desperate.
(b) Ill.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Miserable.

3. What does Jeanette's mother think she should do about Ana?
(a) Adopt her.
(b) Let Carmen take care of her.
(c) Track down her family.
(d) Call the cops.

4. Why do Maria and Antonio meet workers in the sugarcane fields after he is escorted out of the factory?
(a) To give them clothing.
(b) To read to them.
(c) To feed them.
(d) To help them find work.

5. What happens to Carmen's neighbor five years after Carmen saw what was inside her house?
(a) She died and then her cats died.
(b) The lion killed her.
(c) The panther mauled her.
(d) The alligator attacked her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antonio do for Maria each day at lunch after the war?

2. Which French author's work is read at Maria's work?

3. What does Gloria think of as "a constant calculation of what-if...I gave up" (61)?

4. Who goes to look for Antonio at the end of Chapter 1 after Maria gives birth?

5. What does Antonio do at Maria's work in Chapter 1?

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