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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Carmen say is the reason she was able to survive when she came to the U.S.?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Jeanette.
(d) Her husband.

2. Why do they have to walk ten minutes to find a phone after the car breaks down?
(a) Nobody near the car will speak to them.
(b) It is the only phone in town.
(c) They do not have cell service where they are.
(d) Nobody around will let them use their phone.

3. Why does Daniel attack Dolores with a machete?
(a) He finds the money she has been hiding.
(b) He thinks she is cheating on him.
(c) He thinks she is anti-Castro.
(d) She calls him a coward.

4. Why does Carmen's family think she does not speak to her mother?
(a) Carmen's mother kicked her out.
(b) Because of politics.
(c) Carmen does not like to talk on the phone.
(d) Carmen thinks her mother is evil.

5. What types of things does Gloria no longer do once she leaves Miami and comes to Mexico?
(a) Speak English.
(b) Go to dance clubs.
(c) Read to her daughter.
(d) Drive a car.

6. From whose perspective is Chapter 10, "The Bombs Would Rain," told?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Dolores.
(c) Elena.
(d) Carmen.

7. Why was Mario kicked out of his sober living facility?
(a) He got drunk.
(b) He was using heroin.
(c) He was using Percocet.
(d) He was using cocaine.

8. What does Ana do instead of going to school?
(a) She works as a nanny.
(b) She helps her mother work.
(c) She does drugs.
(d) She cleans offices.

9. What radio station does Daniel listen to in Chapter 10?
(a) Radio Estados Unidos.
(b) Radio Batista.
(c) Radio Rebelde.
(d) Radio Fidel.

10. Who is El Aleman?
(a) Jeanette's chauffeur.
(b) Maydelis's lover.
(c) Jeanette's lover.
(d) Maydelis's husband.

11. Why does Jeanette leave the dinner party early in Chapter 6?
(a) The food made her sick.
(b) She dislikes Lila.
(c) She feels she is being judged.
(d) She has to go to work.

12. What does Maydelis tell Jeanette she thought might happen after she and Jeanette spent time together?
(a) Jeanette would help pay for Maydelis's divorce.
(b) Jeanette would help Maydelis move to Spain.
(c) Jeanette would help her get to the United States.
(d) Jeanette would stay in Cuba.

13. Who told Jeanette women always need to have "presencia" (174)?
(a) Mario.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Julio.
(d) Sasha.

14. What does Dolores do the night Daniel tells her they won and gives her money to buy a whole pig to roast?
(a) She invits the neighbors to a party.
(b) She buys Carmen and Elena new dresses.
(c) She kills him.
(d) She kicks him out.

15. What does Carmen do when she sees Mario pull an orange cylinder from his pocket?
(a) She asks what is in the bottle.
(b) She tells him to leave immediately.
(c) She accuses him of ruining her daughter.
(d) She asks him if she can have a pill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Yosmany remind Jeanette of?

2. Where does Jeanette work at the start of Chapter 11, "The Other Girl"?

3. What do Jeanette and Maydelis tell El Aleman they are doing before leaving him at the end of Chapter 8?

4. Who helps Gloria find her job in Irapuato when they first get to Mexico?

5. What does Carmen tell Jeanette none of her guests know about?

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