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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gloria think of as "a constant calculation of what-if...I gave up" (61)?
(a) Life.
(b) The path to citizenship.
(c) Work.
(d) Motherhood.

2. What were Jeanette and her friend looking for when they went to the gas station?
(a) Someone to buy them beer.
(b) Someone to pay for their pancakes.
(c) Someone to buy them cigarettes.
(d) Someone to pay for their gas.

3. What does Antonio yell out when the soldiers find him in the field and demand he declare his loyalty to Spain?
(a) We are Force!
(b) Libertad!
(c) Maria!
(d) Viva Espana!

4. Where is Jeanette's family from?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Cuba.
(c) El Salvador.
(d) Argentina.

5. What is the first gift Antonio leaves on Maria's desk in Chapter 1?
(a) Madonna Lillies.
(b) Blue bearded irises.
(c) Crimson cattleya.
(d) Violet bougainvilleas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Maria and the other workers do when Antonio is escorted out of the factory?

2. What is Jeanette's job in Chapter 2?

3. Why was a woman and her daughter sent to isolation at the family detention center in Chapter 3?

4. How long has Jeanette been sober in Chapter 2?

5. Who goes to look for Antonio at the end of Chapter 1 after Maria gives birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what country is Maria Isabel in Chapter 1? What year is it? What does she do for work?

2. How does Maria Isabel feel about getting married?

3. What is the maximum amount of time children are supposed to be detained for? How is the Obama administration trying to change that according to Chapter 3?

4. Why does Johnson not want to call the cops when they find the dead body? What do they do after?

5. What does Gloria tell Ana about her father?

6. What do readers learn of Jeanette's relationship with Mario at the beginning of Chapter 2? How does he feel when she calls him?

7. Who is Carmen speaking to in the Preface? What is she asking of her? How does she try to convince her?

8. What does Antonio read about cigar factory workers in La Aurora at the start of Chapter 1? What does Antonio say this means?

9. Describe Antonio's final moments in Chapter 1.

10. What do readers learn about Mario's father in Chapter 2?

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