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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 Ana tell Jeanette when she asks about her mother?
(a) She says her mother has been killed.
(b) She says her mother is in the hospital.
(c) She says Ana's mother asked her to watch Ana until she gets home.
(d) She says her mother has been taken by ICE.

2. Who is Mario?
(a) Jeanette's ex-boyfriend.
(b) Jeanette's sponsor.
(c) Jeanette's co-worker.
(d) Jeanette's cousin.

3. Who takes Jeanette's neighbor away at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) The neighbor's boyfriend.
(b) Narcotics officers.
(c) ICE officers.
(d) Gang members.

4. Who wrote Of Women and Salt?
(a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(b) Gabriela Garcia.
(c) Gloria Marquez.
(d) Gina Gabrielle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ana tell Jeanette all of her family lives?

2. Who is Ana's father?

3. What does CFI stand for?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jeanette see from her window at the start of Chapter 2? What does she know of her neighbor?

2. Where is Gloria at the start of Chapter 3? What noises can be heard in the middle of the night sometimes?

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

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

5. What was Jeanette sure she would find at home if she stayed with Sasha instead of going out with Johnson?

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

7. When Gloria worries about returning to El Salvador, why does she wonder if her fears would be considered "credible" (63)?

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. What was Jeanette's technique for trying to find someone to buy her and her friend cigarettes?

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

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