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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Where is Gloria in Chapter 5? What year is it?
(a) Texas, 2014.
(b) Miami, 2008.
(c) Mexico, 2016.
(d) El Salvador, 1992.

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

4. Where did Ana sleep the night before Jeanette saw her get dropped off at her mother's house?
(a) Her teacher's house.
(b) Her father's house.
(c) Her aunt's house.
(d) Her babysitter's house.

5. What does Jeanette say her name is on the way to the party in Chapter 4?
(a) Caro.
(b) Corrin.
(c) Sasha.
(d) Laylah.

6. Who is Aurelia?
(a) Maria's mother.
(b) Maria's sister.
(c) Maria's daughter.
(d) Maria's co-worker.

7. In Chapter 1, in what way does Maria Isabel's work impact her physically?
(a) She gets regular nosebleeds.
(b) She has a bad back.
(c) She develops severe arthritis.
(d) She develops asthma.

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

9. How old is Jeanette's neighbor's daughter in Chapter 2?
(a) 18.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

10. For how many days do Maria and her mother hide inside from the gunshots and fighting outside?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 21.

11. Who does Jeanette call after seeing her neighbor taken away at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Her sponsor.
(b) Mario.
(c) The police.
(d) Her mother.

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

13. Who takes Jeanette's neighbor away at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Narcotics officers.
(b) ICE officers.
(c) Gang members.
(d) The neighbor's boyfriend.

14. What do the detainees overhear guards saying, which makes them think they might be released sooner?
(a) Women and children will be released soon.
(b) Immigration laws are easing.
(c) There are too many detainees.
(d) Obama does not want to hold any children.

15. Where and when does Chapter 2 take place?
(a) Cuba, 2016.
(b) Miami, 2014.
(c) Texas, 2002.
(d) Camaguey, 1866.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeanette drink at the club in Chapter 4?

2. What happened to Gloria's brother six months after Ana was born?

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

4. What does Antonio do for Maria each day at lunch after the war?

5. What does Carmen want Jeanette to do in the preface?

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