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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 Antonio do at Maria's work in Chapter 1?
2. What year does Chapter 1 take place?
3. What does Mario cry about when Jeanette calls him in Chapter 2?
4. What type of party is Jeanette invited to in Chapter 4?
5. In Chapter 1, in what way does Maria Isabel's work impact her physically?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Jeanette sure she would find at home if she stayed with Sasha instead of going out with Johnson?
2. What does Gloria tell Ana about her father?
3. Where is Gloria at the start of Chapter 3? What noises can be heard in the middle of the night sometimes?
4. Why did Maria and her mother hide in their house for four days? What did Maria find when she finally left?
5. What does Jeanette's mother think about Ana staying with her? What does she think Jeanette should do?
6. What does Johnson say and do when Jeanette asks him to buy her cigarettes?
7. What does Mario cry about over the phone with Jeanette? What does she keep a secret about their relationship?
8. How did Jeanette begin to compare Johson to her father while at the club after a few drinks?
9. When Gloria worries about returning to El Salvador, why does she wonder if her fears would be considered "credible" (63)?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a detailed analysis of tone in Garcia's Of Women and Salt. Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the author of Of Women and Salt. Who is she? What else has she written? How is Of Women and Salt similar or different from her other works?
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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