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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 Gloria told when she and Ana are dropped off in Mexico after being taken away from the detention center?
(a) Don't even think about coming back.
(b) Find your way home.
(c) Good luck to you.
(d) This is your new home.

2. What happens to Carmen's neighbor five years after Carmen saw what was inside her house?
(a) The alligator attacked her.
(b) She died and then her cats died.
(c) The panther mauled her.
(d) The lion killed her.

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

4. What did a Christian missionary tell Gloria she was surprised by when she came to her village when she was young?
(a) How well-spoken Gloria was.
(b) How poor Gloria's family was.
(c) How happy Gloria seemed.
(d) How poor the education system was there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose perspective is Chapter 8, "They Like the Grimy," written?

2. What does Carmen see in her neighbor's driveway after she goes to investigate the strange growl she hears?

3. Where does Lila tell Carmen she will be going soon for three weeks?

4. Where is Gloria in Chapter 5? What year is it?

5. What has Carmen told her guests not to bring to the dinner party in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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