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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Jeanette and Maydelis tell El Aleman they are doing before leaving him at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Going to get some rub.
(b) Grabbing a sandwich.
(c) Making a quick phone call.
(d) Going to the bathroom.

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

3. Why does Jeanette want to go to Camagüey at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) To find her father.
(b) To see her grandmother.
(c) To go to the beach.
(d) To get some food.

4. What has Jeanette returned from in Chapter 6?
(a) Rehab.
(b) Mexico.
(c) College.
(d) Cuba.

5. What is Jeanette's father's name?
(a) Manny.
(b) Juan.
(c) Mario.
(d) Julio.

6. Why does Jeanette decide to steal the book she found at Dolores's?
(a) To keep for herself.
(b) To sell.
(c) To show Carmen.
(d) To give to Mario.

7. How old is Jeanette in Chapter 11?
(a) 19.
(b) 8.
(c) 14.
(d) 27.

8. 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) Gas money.
(d) A haircut.

9. What does Daniel do on the first day he leaves to fight?
(a) He confronts President Batista.
(b) He comes home.
(c) He kills a man.
(d) He meets Fidel Castro.

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

11. What is in the orange pill bottle Mario pulls out of his pocket in Chapter 6?
(a) OxyContin.
(b) Migraine Medicine.
(c) Prilosec.
(d) Percocet.

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

13. What does Jeanette do just to get through her visit with her mother in Chapter 11?
(a) Drinks mojitos.
(b) Snorts cocaine.
(c) Takes Xanax.
(d) Takes OxyContin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dolores hide Les Miserables in the walls of her house?

2. Why does Nancy move back to the U.S. at the end of Chapter 7?

3. Why does Jeanette leave the dinner party early in Chapter 6?

4. Which character's marriage is said to be "on life support" (118)?

5. What does Vanessa say she learned about their great-grandmother Cecelia in Chapter 6?

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