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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jeanette tell Carmen about her father after he died?
(a) He sexually abused her.
(b) He had a drug habit.
(c) He hit on Mario.
(d) He was cheating on Carmen.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What word has two-year-old Elena just learned at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Force.

8. What does Maydelis tell Jeanette she thought might happen after she and Jeanette spent time together?
(a) Jeanette would help pay for Maydelis's divorce.
(b) Jeanette would help Maydelis move to Spain.
(c) Jeanette would stay in Cuba.
(d) Jeanette would help her get to the United States.

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

10. Where does Lila tell Carmen she will be going soon for three weeks?
(a) El Salvador.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Texas.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carmen call the little girl, Lila, at her dinner party?

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

3. Who does Carmen say is the reason she was able to survive when she came to the U.S.?

4. Who told Jeanette women always need to have "presencia" (174)?

5. Who is El Aleman?

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