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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 Carmen want Jeanette to do in the preface?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Go to college.
(c) Move back home.
(d) Get sober.

2. How long has Jeanette been sober in Chapter 2?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 6 months.

3. Where does Maria's mother work in Chapter 1?
(a) Sugarcane fields.
(b) Cigar factory.
(c) Sewing factory.
(d) A rich woman's house.

4. What types of books does Gloria like to read while in detention?
(a) Bird books.
(b) Law books.
(c) Flower books.
(d) Math books.

5. Who does Jeanette call after seeing her neighbor taken away at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) The police.
(b) Mario.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sponsor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Ana say she and her mother came to the U.S. the year before?

3. What is the first gift Antonio leaves on Maria's desk in Chapter 1?

4. What does Ana tell Jeanette when she asks about her mother?

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

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