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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's mother think she should do about Ana?
2. For how many days do Maria and her mother hide inside from the gunshots and fighting outside?
3. What does Carmen want Jeanette to do in the preface?
4. Where is Gloria at the start of Chapter 3?
5. Who was Jeanette smoking weed and hanging out at IHOP at the start of Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jeanette do when she sees Ana get dropped off at her house? What does she learn about Ana?
2. What does Antonio read about cigar factory workers in La Aurora at the start of Chapter 1? What does Antonio say this means?
3. Who is Carmen speaking to in the Preface? What is she asking of her? How does she try to convince her?
4. Why did Maria and her mother hide in their house for four days? What did Maria find when she finally left?
5. Where is Gloria at the start of Chapter 3? What noises can be heard in the middle of the night sometimes?
6. Where is Jeanette at the start of Chapter 4? Who is the man she with and what do they find?
7. What was Jeanette's technique for trying to find someone to buy her and her friend cigarettes?
8. How did Jeanette begin to compare Johson to her father while at the club after a few drinks?
9. In what country is Maria Isabel in Chapter 1? What year is it? What does she do for work?
10. What do readers learn about Mario's father in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of secrets within Of Women and Salt. Discuss the secrets some of the characters kept and examine why they kept these secrets.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the male characters in Of Women and Salt. Include thoughts on how these character delve the plot and convey the themes of gender, violence, identity, and secrets.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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