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

2. Who believes "the past only haunts you if you let it" (105)?
(a) Carmen.
(b) Jeanette.
(c) Vanessa.
(d) Mario.

3. How are Jeanette and Maydelis related?
(a) They are sisters.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) Maydelis is Jeanette's aunt.
(d) Jeanette is Maydelis's aunt.

4. What does Jeanette do just to get through her visit with her mother in Chapter 11?
(a) Takes Xanax.
(b) Snorts cocaine.
(c) Drinks mojitos.
(d) Takes OxyContin.

5. What word is used to describe the way Carmen feels when she thinks of her late husband?
(a) Desperate.
(b) Ill.
(c) Miserable.
(d) Nostalgic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Ana at the start of Chapter 7?

2. How old is Jeanette in Chapter 11?

3. What types of things does Gloria no longer do once she leaves Miami and comes to Mexico?

4. From whose perspective is Chapter 10, "The Bombs Would Rain," told?

5. What year does Chapter 10, "The Bombs Would Rain," take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Isabel's husband in Chapter 11?

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

4. Why does Carmen want Jeanette to visit home so badly in Chapter 11? What does Jeanette say to Carmen about her relationship with Julio? How does Carmen respond?

5. 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?

6. Why did Ana realize later that she could have gotten away with taking the money Nancy hid in the floorboard to pay for treatment?

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

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

9. Why is there a Les Miserables book on the bookshelf at Dolores's house? What does Maydelis tell Jeanette about the book? Why does Jeanette take it?

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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