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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Yosmany?
(a) Jeanette's cousin.
(b) Maydelis's husband.
(c) Dolores's neighbor.
(d) Dolores's son.

3. Who helps Gloria find her job in Irapuato when they first get to Mexico?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Ana.

4. 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) Nobody around will let them use their phone.
(d) They do not have cell service where they are.

5. What happens to Carmen's neighbor five years after Carmen saw what was inside her house?
(a) The lion killed her.
(b) She died and then her cats died.
(c) The panther mauled her.
(d) The alligator attacked her.

6. Which character's marriage is said to be "on life support" (118)?
(a) Dolores.
(b) Maydelis.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Jeanette.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What holiday dinner is Carmen preparing for at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) Easter.

13. Who does Dolores think stole the book when she discovers it is missing a week after Jeanette takes it?
(a) Ronnie.
(b) Yosmany.
(c) Jeanette.
(d) Maydelis.

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

15. What does Carmen tell Jeanette none of her guests know about?
(a) That Jeanette lost her job.
(b) Her problems.
(c) That she and Mario broke up.
(d) How old Carmen is.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Jeanette spend her one day off each week in Chapter 11?

3. Why was Mario kicked out of his sober living facility?

4. Why does Mario take from his stash of OxyContin?

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

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