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

2. After contacting the car rental agency, how long do they say it will be before they can get them help?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 10 minutes.

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

4. Who makes Jeanette feel like she is "some kind of savior" (11)?
(a) Carmen.
(b) Julio.
(c) Mario.
(d) Marco.

5. Why does Carmen want Jeanette to visit her house so badly in Chapter 11?
(a) Jeanette has never seen her new house.
(b) She has planned an intervention.
(c) Her father is dying.
(d) Her grandmother is staying with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does young Carmen see her mother do while she stands at the backdoor at the end of Chapter 10?

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

3. What does Daniel do on the first day he leaves to fight?

4. What does Dolores do the night Daniel tells her they won and gives her money to buy a whole pig to roast?

5. Who helps Gloria find her job in Irapuato when they first get to Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Daniel leave Dolores and the children at the start of Chapter 10? How did she feel about his departure?

2. Describe Isabel's husband in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Reinaldo? How does he help Maydelis and Jeanette in Chapter 8?

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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