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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mario steal from his job?
(a) Percocet.
(b) Needles.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) OxyContin.

2. What does young Carmen see her mother do while she stands at the backdoor at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Burn her father's body.
(b) Hide Les Miserables in the wall.
(c) Beat her little sister.
(d) Stab her father.

3. What does Carmen see in her neighbor's driveway after she goes to investigate the strange growl she hears?
(a) Blood.
(b) A bag of heroin.
(c) A wad of cash.
(d) Bones.

4. Where did Mario and Jeanette first meet?
(a) A department store.
(b) The pain clinic.
(c) School.
(d) Rehab.

5. Who does Yosmany remind Jeanette of?
(a) Ronnie.
(b) Reinaldo.
(c) Julio.
(d) Mario.

6. Who believes "the past only haunts you if you let it" (105)?
(a) Jeanette.
(b) Vanessa.
(c) Mario.
(d) Carmen.

7. What does Jeanette tell her mother she needs money for, though she really gives it to Mario for pills?
(a) New work clothes.
(b) Some face cream.
(c) A haircut.
(d) Gas money.

8. Who does Jeanette bring to dinner, to Carmen's dismay in Chapter 6?
(a) Sasha.
(b) Caro.
(c) Mario.
(d) Julio.

9. Why does Dolores hide Les Miserables in the walls of her house?
(a) It is illegal to read non-Cuban authors.
(b) Daniel does not like that she reads.
(c) She does not want the kids to ruin it.
(d) It is her most valuable possession.

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

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

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

13. How long has Ana been in Irapuato, Mexico at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 3 weeks.

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

15. With whom does Jeanette spend her one day off each week in Chapter 11?
(a) Isabel.
(b) Sasha.
(c) Mario.
(d) Carmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jeanette want to go to Camagüey at the end of Chapter 8?

2. Who does Ana see Nancy kissing in her driveway one day?

3. What disease does Gloria get while in Irapuato?

4. Why does Mario lose his job at the pain clinic?

5. What happens to Carmen's neighbor five years after Carmen saw what was inside her house?

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