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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Antonio yell out when the soldiers find him in the field and demand he declare his loyalty to Spain?
(a) Libertad!
(b) Maria!
(c) We are Force!
(d) Viva Espana!

3. Why was a woman and her daughter sent to isolation at the family detention center in Chapter 3?
(a) For hiding snacks.
(b) For stealing books.
(c) For refusing to eat.
(d) For hiding a weapon.

4. Where does Maria Isabel work in Chapter 1?
(a) A sewing factory.
(b) A cigar factory.
(c) A farm.
(d) A rich woman's house.

5. Who is Maydelis?
(a) Jeanette's grandmother in Argentina.
(b) Jeanette's aunt in Mexico.
(c) Jeanette's sister in Texas.
(d) Jeanette's cousin in Cuba.

6. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) Everyone is Holding You Back.
(b) Nobody Can Help You Now.
(c) Everything is Holding You Now.
(d) Nothing Can Stop You Now.

7. Who is Mario?
(a) Jeanette's ex-boyfriend.
(b) Jeanette's co-worker.
(c) Jeanette's sponsor.
(d) Jeanette's cousin.

8. How does Ana say she and her mother came to the U.S. the year before?
(a) On a boat.
(b) By private jet.
(c) Using fake passports.
(d) Hiding in a car trunk.

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

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

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

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

13. What type of bird does Gloria picture her daughter flying in through the window?
(a) Bald eagle.
(b) Turkey vulture.
(c) Hoatzin chick.
(d) Burrowing parakeet.

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

15. What does Ana tell Jeanette when she asks about her mother?
(a) She says her mother is in the hospital.
(b) She says Ana's mother asked her to watch Ana until she gets home.
(c) She says her mother has been taken by ICE.
(d) She says her mother has been killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria name her daughter at the end of Chapter 1?

2. What did Jeanette keep in her purse, which Manny gave to her after asking if she liked it raw?

3. What grade is Ana in when she arrives at the detention center with her mother?

4. What does Jeanette see outside her window at the start of Chapter 2?

5. What is Jeanette's job in Chapter 2?

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