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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is Carmen speaking in the preface of Of Women and Salt?
(a) Her granddaughter, Jeanette.
(b) Her aunt, Jeanette.
(c) Her daughter, Jeanette.
(d) Her mother, Jeanette.

2. With whom do Maria and Antonio live after they get married?
(a) Maria's grandmother.
(b) Maria's sister and brother-in-law.
(c) Antonio's brother and sister-in-law.
(d) Antonio's mother and sister.

3. What does Maria think she hears at the end of the story?
(a) Antonio begging for his life.
(b) Someone saying, "We are force."
(c) Gunshots.
(d) A cry for liberty.

4. What does Jeanette find on the bookshelves in Dolores's house?
(a) An old family photo album.
(b) An American-English Dictionary.
(c) A Che Gueverra biography.
(d) Les Miserables.

5. What has Carmen told her guests not to bring to the dinner party in Chapter 6?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Pain killers.
(c) Desserts.
(d) Dates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are children told to go to the agents after crossing the border?

2. What type of bird does Gloria picture her daughter flying in through the window?

3. What is the maximum number of days a child is supposed to be detained?

4. Where does Ana tell Jeanette all of her family lives?

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

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