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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. How long has Ana been in Irapuato, Mexico at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 10 years.

2. Where did Mario and Jeanette first meet?
(a) School.
(b) A department store.
(c) The pain clinic.
(d) Rehab.

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

4. What disease does Gloria get while in Irapuato?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Alzheimers.

5. What does El Aleman think happened when his car will not start?
(a) The rental company has rented him a damaged car.
(b) He has forgotten to put gas in his tank.
(c) Maydelis and Jeanette have done something to the car so they can rob him.
(d) The locals have done something to it so they can rob them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Yosmany remind Jeanette of?

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

3. What does Ana do instead of going to school?

4. What did Jeanette try to steal from Victoria's Secret when she was a teenager?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Jeanette try to prove to Mario that she is not like other girls in Chapter 11?

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

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

4. Describe Isabel who comes to the department store where Jeanette works? How does she remind Jeanette of Carmen?

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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