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

2. What is the maximum number of days a child is supposed to be detained?
(a) 21.
(b) 14.
(c) 60.
(d) 7.

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

4. What does Jeanette see outside her window at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Flashing police lights.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A fight between neighbors.
(d) Her boyfriend.

5. What happens if two burrowing parakeets are separated?
(a) They die of loneliness.
(b) They overeat.
(c) They quickly forget the other.
(d) They find a new mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do Maria and Antonio live after they get married?

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

3. What does it say on the form Gloria does not understand?

4. Why are Gloria's knees raw and tender and bloody in Chapter 3?

5. Where did Mario's father move to when he was young?

(see the answer key)

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