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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jeanette begin to notice about Isabel when she visits the beauty counter?
(a) She has a black eye.
(b) She has a limp.
(c) Her hands shake.
(d) Her lips quiver.

2. 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 asks him if she can have a pill.
(c) She accuses him of ruining her daughter.
(d) She tells him to leave immediately.

3. Why does Mario take from his stash of OxyContin?
(a) He cannot get Lortab.
(b) He has developed an addiction to Oxy.
(c) He has been unable to sell the Oxy.
(d) Jeanette wants to try it.

4. Who does Ana see Nancy kissing in her driveway one day?
(a) The gardener.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her Spanish teacher.
(d) Her butler.

5. How old is Ana at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

6. How old is Carmen when her mother begins letting her drink espresso?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 16.

7. What does El Aleman think happened when his car will not start?
(a) He has forgotten to put gas in his tank.
(b) The rental company has rented him a damaged car.
(c) The locals have done something to it so they can rob them.
(d) Maydelis and Jeanette have done something to the car so they can rob him.

8. What does Carmen call the little girl, Lila, at her dinner party?
(a) Ana.
(b) Dolores.
(c) Vanessa.
(d) Jeanette.

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

10. 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) Stab her father.
(c) Beat her little sister.
(d) Hide Les Miserables in the wall.

11. Where does Jeanette work at the start of Chapter 11, "The Other Girl"?
(a) A pain clinic.
(b) A department store.
(c) A gas station.
(d) A nightclub.

12. In what way is Daniel different from Dolores's friend's husbands?
(a) He likes to cook.
(b) He never hits her.
(c) He never apologizes after hurting her.
(d) He is pro-Batista.

13. In what ways does Isabel remind Jeanette of her mother?
(a) She looks both naive and confident.
(b) She looks both immaculate and breakable.
(c) She looks both rigid and calm.
(d) She looks both ritzy and haggard.

14. What does Maydelis tell Jeanette about Yosmany?
(a) He is classless.
(b) He is well-educated.
(c) He is wealthy.
(d) He is a lady's man.

15. Who does Dolores tell Jeanette she cannot trust after Yosmany offers to let her ride his horse?
(a) White men.
(b) Black men.
(c) Young men.
(d) Poor men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Jeanette and Maydelis related?

2. How old is Jeanette in Chapter 11?

3. From whose perspective is Chapter 10, "The Bombs Would Rain," told?

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

5. What radio station does Daniel listen to in Chapter 10?

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