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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 happens if two burrowing parakeets are separated?
(a) They die of loneliness.
(b) They overeat.
(c) They quickly forget the other.
(d) They find a new mate.

2. What is the name of the man Jeanette is being intimate with at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Jameson.

3. What does it say on the form Gloria does not understand?
(a) Involuntary Departure.
(b) Voluntary Departure.
(c) Immediate Release Form.
(d) Citizenship Approval.

4. 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.

5. What DVD does Gloria watch early in the morning at the detention center?
(a) A DVD of her daughter's school holiday concert.
(b) A horror movie.
(c) Her daughter's favorite Disney movie.
(d) A National Geographic DVD.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Gloria's knees raw and tender and bloody in Chapter 3?

2. What does Ana tell Jeanette when she asks about her mother?

3. What does Carmen want Jeanette to do in the preface?

4. Who is Ana's father?

5. When did Gloria decide to leave El Salvador?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Maria and her mother hide in their house for four days? What did Maria find when she finally left?

4. How does Maria Isabel feel about getting married?

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

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

7. Why did a detainee hide food for her daughter? What happened as a result?

8. What does Jeanette's mother think about Ana staying with her? What does she think Jeanette should do?

9. How did Jeanette end up with a condom in her purse when she was younger? Who gave it to her, and how did she feel when her mother found it?

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

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