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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. Why was a woman and her daughter sent to isolation at the family detention center in Chapter 3?
(a) For refusing to eat.
(b) For hiding a weapon.
(c) For hiding snacks.
(d) For stealing books.

2. What does Jeanette do regarding Ana at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) She sends her back home alone.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She asks Carmen to take care of her.
(d) She files adoption papers.

3. Where does Maria's mother work in Chapter 1?
(a) Cigar factory.
(b) A rich woman's house.
(c) Sugarcane fields.
(d) Sewing factory.

4. What does a man in an office tell Gloria will happen if she signs the paper she does not understand?
(a) She will get out sooner.
(b) She will be allowed to start a new life in Texas.
(c) She will be sent back to her home in Miami.
(d) She will stay longer.

5. Who is Ana's father?
(a) An American who Gloria never saw again.
(b) A teenager Gloria had dated.
(c) A teenager who raped Gloria.
(d) A missionary who raped Gloria.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gloria write to Ana with a paperclip while in detention?

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

4. Who is Maydelis?

5. Where did Mario's father move to when he was young?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Jeanette at the start of Chapter 4? Who is the man she with and what do they find?

2. Who is Don Geronimo? Why did Maria hide Antonio's gifts from him?

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

4. What does Gloria tell Ana about her father?

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

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

7. How does Maria Isabel feel about getting married?

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

9. What type of love did Jeanette's sponsor say was the only kind she knew what to do with?

10. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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