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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. With whom does Jeanette spend her one day off each week in Chapter 11?
(a) Mario.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Sasha.

2. What does Maydelis tell Jeanette she thought might happen after she and Jeanette spent time together?
(a) Jeanette would help Maydelis move to Spain.
(b) Jeanette would stay in Cuba.
(c) Jeanette would help her get to the United States.
(d) Jeanette would help pay for Maydelis's divorce.

3. What does Carmen call the little girl, Lila, at her dinner party?
(a) Jeanette.
(b) Vanessa.
(c) Ana.
(d) Dolores.

4. Who does Carmen say is the reason she was able to survive when she came to the U.S.?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Jeanette.
(d) Her sister.

5. What does Mario steal from his job?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Needles.
(c) OxyContin.
(d) Percocet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is written on the inside of the book Jeanette finds at Dolores's?

2. From whose point of view is Chapter 9, "People Like That," written?

3. Where does Ana think of getting the money to pay for her mother's chemo?

4. What does Maydelis leave out when she tells Jeanette about her evening with El Aleman?

5. Why does Jeanette decide to steal the book she found at Dolores's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Maydelis spend time with El Aleman at the start of Chapter 8? What does she hope might come of their relationship?

2. What happens when Maydelis, Jeanette, and El Aleman stop in a poor town to buy rum? Why does El Aleman lock himself in the car?

3. What does Carmen hear coming from her neighbor's house as she prepares for Thanksgiving? What does Carmen think of her neighbor?

4. Who is Yosmany? How do Jeanette's views of him differ from Dolores and Maydelis?

5. In what ways was life different for Gloria after moving to Mexico?

6. When did Nancy give Gloria a raise in Chapter 7?

7. What does Jeanette tell Carmen her problem is after she assures Jeanette that nobody knows about her "problems" (103)?

8. How does Carmen feel about her family's conversation about Dolores and Maydelis and other family in Cuba?

9. How did Jeanette and Mario meet? Why did he move in with her?

10. When did Jeanette tell her mother that her father abused her? How did Carmen feel about the fact that Jeanette did not tell her right away?

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