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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 Mario cry about when Jeanette calls him in Chapter 2?
(a) Physically hurting her.
(b) Breaking up with her.
(c) Cheating on her.
(d) Getting her hooked on drugs.

2. What happened to Gloria's brother six months after Ana was born?
(a) He was killed.
(b) He finished college.
(c) His business was shuttered.
(d) He was granted U.S. citizenship.

3. What year does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) 2006.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1866.

4. What does Antonio do at Maria's work in Chapter 1?
(a) He serves the workers food.
(b) He is the foreman.
(c) He reads to the workers.
(d) He works alongside Maria.

5. Who is Aurelia?
(a) Maria's sister.
(b) Maria's mother.
(c) Maria's daughter.
(d) Maria's co-worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ana sleep the night before Jeanette saw her get dropped off at her mother's house?

2. Who is Ana's father?

3. Where does Maria Isabel work in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 1, in what way does Maria Isabel's work impact her physically?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maria Isabel feel about getting married?

2. What does Jeanette do when she sees Ana get dropped off at her house? What does she learn about Ana?

3. What does Mario cry about over the phone with Jeanette? What does she keep a secret about their relationship?

4. How did Jeanette begin to compare Johson to her father while at the club after a few drinks?

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

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

7. While watching a National Geographic DVD, what bird does Gloria imagine coming to her in the detention center and how?

8. What does Gloria tell Ana about her father?

9. What does an officer tell Gloria she can do in order to get released sooner? Why is she unable to get a lawyer?

10. What does Johnson say and do when Jeanette asks him to buy her cigarettes?

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