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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which French author's work is read at Maria's work?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Victor Hugo.
(c) Guy de Maupassant.
(d) Marcel Proust.

2. What does Portenos announce the day Spanish soldiers arrive at the factory?
(a) The factory will close.
(b) They will not give up the fight.
(c) The workers are to enlist in the army.
(d) The readings will cease.

3. Why are Gloria's knees raw and tender and bloody in Chapter 3?
(a) From being dragged by an officer.
(b) From a beating she received by another detainee.
(c) From a rare skin infection.
(d) From praying for her daughter so often.

4. For how many days do Maria and her mother hide inside from the gunshots and fighting outside?
(a) 12.
(b) 21.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

5. Where and when does Chapter 2 take place?
(a) Cuba, 2016.
(b) Camaguey, 1866.
(c) Texas, 2002.
(d) Miami, 2014.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Of Women and Salt?

2. What does Gloria think is the happiest place in the detention center?

3. What is the title of Chapter 2?

4. What does Mario cry about when Jeanette calls him in Chapter 2?

5. What does Antonio yell out when the soldiers find him in the field and demand he declare his loyalty to Spain?

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