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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. Why are Gloria's knees raw and tender and bloody in Chapter 3?

2. What type of bird does Gloria picture her daughter flying in through the window?

3. In Chapter 1, in what way does Maria Isabel's work impact her physically?

4. What DVD does Gloria watch early in the morning at the detention center?

5. Who wrote Of Women and Salt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of love did Jeanette's sponsor say was the only kind she knew what to do with?

2. What was Jeanette's technique for trying to find someone to buy her and her friend cigarettes?

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

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

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

6. What does Johnson say and do when Jeanette asks him to buy her cigarettes?

7. 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?

8. While watching a National Geographic DVD, what bird does Gloria imagine coming to her in the detention center and how?

9. 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?

10. What does Mario cry about over the phone with Jeanette? What does she keep a secret about their relationship?

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

Choose one story from Of Women and Salt and examine the use of dialogue versus the use of description. Look at how each is used in the novel and what makes these uses effective or ineffective.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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