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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. Who goes to look for Antonio at the end of Chapter 1 after Maria gives birth?
2. What does a man in an office tell Gloria will happen if she signs the paper she does not understand?
3. Who wrote Of Women and Salt?
4. Who is Maydelis?
5. What does Jeanette see at the start of Chapter 4 while being intimate on the beach?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what country is Maria Isabel in Chapter 1? What year is it? What does she do for work?
2. What does Jeanette see from her window at the start of Chapter 2? What does she know of her neighbor?
3. What does Johnson say and do when Jeanette asks him to buy her cigarettes?
4. 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?
5. Who is Carmen speaking to in the Preface? What is she asking of her? How does she try to convince her?
6. What does Gloria tell Ana about her father?
7. Why did a detainee hide food for her daughter? What happened as a result?
8. When Gloria worries about returning to El Salvador, why does she wonder if her fears would be considered "credible" (63)?
9. What does Mario cry about over the phone with Jeanette? What does she keep a secret about their relationship?
10. What does Jeanette's mother think about Ana staying with her? What does she think Jeanette should do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Garcia's decision to tell the story from various women's perspective. What is the impact of telling the story only from the female character's point of view? How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the structure of Of Women and Salt. How does the structure of the novel impact your understanding of the themes and characters?
Essay Topic 3
Pick a character from Of Women and Salt and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters' goals? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
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