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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gloria think is the happiest place in the detention center?
(a) Her bedroom.
(b) The library.
(c) The playground.
(d) The cafeteria.

3. When did Gloria decide to leave El Salvador?
(a) After her daughter was born.
(b) After her brother was killed.
(c) After her mother died.
(d) When she found out she was pregnant.

4. What is Jeanette's job in Chapter 2?
(a) 911 operator.
(b) Freelance writer.
(c) Medical transriber.
(d) Online teacher.

5. What does a man in an office tell Gloria will happen if she signs the paper she does not understand?
(a) She will be allowed to start a new life in Texas.
(b) She will be sent back to her home in Miami.
(c) She will stay longer.
(d) She will get out sooner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeanette's mother think she should do about Ana?

2. What does Jeanette see outside her window at the start of Chapter 2?

3. What does Maria think she hears at the end of the story?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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