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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. Which presidential administration is arguing to increase the number of days a child can be detained if with a parent?

2. What do Maria and the other workers do when Antonio is escorted out of the factory?

3. What does Antonio do at Maria's work in Chapter 1?

4. With whom do Maria and Antonio live after they get married?

5. What do the detainees overhear guards saying, which makes them think they might be released sooner?

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. Why does Johnson not want to call the cops when they find the dead body? What do they do after?

3. When Gloria worries about returning to El Salvador, why does she wonder if her fears would be considered "credible" (63)?

4. What does Gloria tell Ana about her father?

5. Describe Antonio's final moments in Chapter 1.

6. What does Antonio read about cigar factory workers in La Aurora at the start of Chapter 1? What does Antonio say this means?

7. How did Jeanette begin to compare Johson to her father while at the club after a few drinks?

8. What does Jeanette see from her window at the start of Chapter 2? What does she know of her neighbor?

9. 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?

10. Where is Gloria at the start of Chapter 3? What noises can be heard in the middle of the night sometimes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance economic status has in Of Women and Salt. Who is wealthy? Who is poor? How does economic status directly and indirectly impact the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the various settings and time periods in Of Women and Salt. In what ways does each different time period and setting connect the stories and develop the themes of gender, violence, identity, and secrets?

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