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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jeanette do at the send of Chapter 4 when she decides to stop following Johnson?
2. What does Carmen want Jeanette to do in the preface?
3. What type of bird does Gloria picture her daughter flying in through the window?
4. What does CFI stand for?
5. Who was Jeanette smoking weed and hanging out at IHOP at the start of Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Jeanette begin to compare Johson to her father while at the club after a few drinks?
2. How does Maria Isabel feel about getting married?
3. How did Jeanette end up with a condom in her purse when she was younger? Who gave it to her, and how did she feel when her mother found it?
4. When Gloria worries about returning to El Salvador, why does she wonder if her fears would be considered "credible" (63)?
5. What type of love did Jeanette's sponsor say was the only kind she knew what to do with?
6. Why does Johnson not want to call the cops when they find the dead body? What do they do after?
7. Why did Maria and her mother hide in their house for four days? What did Maria find when she finally left?
8. What does Jeanette see from her window at the start of Chapter 2? What does she know of her neighbor?
9. What does Gloria tell Ana about her father?
10. What is the maximum amount of time children are supposed to be detained for? How is the Obama administration trying to change that according to Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine how the theme of violence plays a part in the plot of Of Women and Salt.
Essay Topic 2
Choose one story from Of Women and Salt and discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story?
Essay Topic 3
Write a brief essay analyzing the title Of Women and Salt. Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.
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