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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long has Jeanette been sober in Chapter 2?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

3. When did Gloria decide to leave El Salvador?
(a) After her daughter was born.
(b) After her mother died.
(c) When she found out she was pregnant.
(d) After her brother was killed.

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

5. What were Jeanette and her friend looking for when they went to the gas station?
(a) Someone to buy them beer.
(b) Someone to pay for their gas.
(c) Someone to pay for their pancakes.
(d) Someone to buy them cigarettes.

6. What does Maria name her daughter at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Aurelia.
(d) Cecilia.

7. Where is Gloria at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) Family detention center in Texas.
(b) Prison in Mexico.
(c) Her townhouse in Miami.
(d) Her family home in El Salvador.

8. What does Jeanette's mother think she should do about Ana?
(a) Track down her family.
(b) Let Carmen take care of her.
(c) Adopt her.
(d) Call the cops.

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

10. What does Carmen want Jeanette to do in the preface?
(a) Move back home.
(b) Go to college.
(c) Get sober.
(d) Get a job.

11. What does Jeanette do regarding Ana at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) She sends her back home alone.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She files adoption papers.
(d) She asks Carmen to take care of her.

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

13. Where does Maria's mother work in Chapter 1?
(a) Sugarcane fields.
(b) A rich woman's house.
(c) Sewing factory.
(d) Cigar factory.

14. What DVD does Gloria watch early in the morning at the detention center?
(a) A DVD of her daughter's school holiday concert.
(b) A National Geographic DVD.
(c) Her daughter's favorite Disney movie.
(d) A horror movie.

15. What does Mario cry about when Jeanette calls him in Chapter 2?
(a) Breaking up with her.
(b) Physically hurting her.
(c) Cheating on her.
(d) Getting her hooked on drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jeanette's family from?

2. Where and when does Chapter 2 take place?

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

4. Who takes Jeanette's neighbor away at the start of Chapter 2?

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

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