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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vanessa say she learned about their great-grandmother Cecelia in Chapter 6?
(a) She was a famous dancer.
(b) She worked in a sugarcane field.
(c) She worked in a cigar factory.
(d) She was the first of their family to come to the U.S.

3. Where are Jeanette and Maydelis at the start of Chapter 9?
(a) Maydelis's house.
(b) The beach.
(c) Dolores's house.
(d) Jeanette's apartment.

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

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

6. What is Maydelis's husband's occupation?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Salesman.
(d) Chauffeur.

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

8. Why are Jeanette and her parents huddled in the bathroom in the memory she has in Chapter 11?
(a) Someone is robbing them.
(b) There are police banging on their door.
(c) Her parents are high and paranoid.
(d) They are in the midst of a hurricane.

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

10. Why does Carmen want Jeanette to visit her house so badly in Chapter 11?
(a) She has planned an intervention.
(b) Jeanette has never seen her new house.
(c) Her grandmother is staying with them.
(d) Her father is dying.

11. What does Jeanette find on the bookshelves in Dolores's house?
(a) An old family photo album.
(b) Les Miserables.
(c) An American-English Dictionary.
(d) A Che Gueverra biography.

12. Why does Nancy move back to the U.S. at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) She gets a well-paying job in the states.
(b) She wants to bring Ana back to the states.
(c) Roberto has to move there for work.
(d) She finds out Roberto is cheating on her.

13. What disease does Gloria get while in Irapuato?
(a) Alzheimers.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Cancer.

14. What word is written on the inside of the book Jeanette finds at Dolores's?
(a) Peace.
(b) Force.
(c) Love.
(d) Fight.

15. From whose point of view is Chapter 9, "People Like That," written?
(a) Maydelis.
(b) Jeanette.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Carmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does El Aleman think happened when his car will not start?

2. What year does Chapter 10, "The Bombs Would Rain," take place?

3. What has Carmen told her guests not to bring to the dinner party in Chapter 6?

4. From whose perspective is Chapter 8, "They Like the Grimy," written?

5. What does Daniel do on the first day he leaves to fight?

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