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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antonio do for Maria each day at lunch after the war?
(a) Sings to her.
(b) Massages her feet.
(c) Cooks for her.
(d) Teaches her to read.

2. Who does Carmen say is the reason she was able to survive when she came to the U.S.?
(a) Jeanette.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

3. From whose point of view is Chapter 9, "People Like That," written?
(a) Jeanette.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Maydelis.

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

5. What does Isabel's husband tell Jeanette after giving her a $50 tip?
(a) She is beautiful.
(b) She should get her hair done.
(c) She should run away with him.
(d) She should buy some face cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they have to walk ten minutes to find a phone after the car breaks down?

2. Where does Ana think of getting the money to pay for her mother's chemo?

3. To whom is Carmen speaking in the preface of Of Women and Salt?

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

5. What happened to Gloria's brother six months after Ana was born?

(see the answer key)

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