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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to look for Antonio at the end of Chapter 1 after Maria gives birth?
(a) Portenos.
(b) His mother.
(c) Maria.
(d) His sister.

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

3. 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 readings will cease.
(d) The workers are to enlist in the army.

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

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 get out sooner.
(d) She will stay longer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mario?

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

3. What DVD does Gloria watch early in the morning at the detention center?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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