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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one thing Jeanette knows about the woman who lives across the street from her?
(a) She has not had a job for months.
(b) She works nights at a restaurant.
(c) She works seven days as a cleaning lady.
(d) She works the overnight shift at a hospital.

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

3. Who is El Aleman?
(a) Jeanette's lover.
(b) Maydelis's husband.
(c) Maydelis's lover.
(d) Jeanette's chauffeur.

4. What year does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1866.
(d) 2006.

5. What grade is Ana in when she arrives at the detention center with her mother?
(a) Ninth.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Second.
(d) Kindergarten.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jeanette do at the send of Chapter 4 when she decides to stop following Johnson?

3. For how many days do Maria and her mother hide inside from the gunshots and fighting outside?

4. In Chapter 1, in what way does Maria Isabel's work impact her physically?

5. What is Gloria told when she and Ana are dropped off in Mexico after being taken away from the detention center?

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