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

2. What did Jeanette tell Carmen about her father after he died?
(a) He was cheating on Carmen.
(b) He had a drug habit.
(c) He hit on Mario.
(d) He sexually abused her.

3. Who does Dolores tell Jeanette she cannot trust after Yosmany offers to let her ride his horse?
(a) Poor men.
(b) Young men.
(c) White men.
(d) Black men.

4. What radio station does Daniel listen to in Chapter 10?
(a) Radio Rebelde.
(b) Radio Estados Unidos.
(c) Radio Batista.
(d) Radio Fidel.

5. How old is Jeanette in Chapter 11?
(a) 8.
(b) 19.
(c) 27.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does El Aleman think happened when his car will not start?

2. What word is used to describe the way Carmen feels when she thinks of her late husband?

3. Who is El Aleman?

4. Why does Mario lose his job at the pain clinic?

5. What does Jeanette find on the bookshelves in Dolores's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mario make extra money in Chapter 11?

3. How did Dolores kill Daniel? Who knew about it but never said anything?

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

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

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

7. How did Nancy treat Ana and Gloria when they first started working for her?

8. When Dolores discovers the missing copy of Les Miserables who does she blame? What does she say about the book? What assumption does Jeanette realize she made about Cubans?

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

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

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