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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. Where does Lila tell Carmen she will be going soon for three weeks?

2. What did Jeanette tell Carmen about her father after he died?

3. What does Carmen tell Jeanette none of her guests know about?

4. What word has two-year-old Elena just learned at the start of Chapter 10?

5. What happens to Carmen's neighbor five years after Carmen saw what was inside her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nancy treat Ana and Gloria when they first started working for her?

2. How does Carmen feel about her family's conversation about Dolores and Maydelis and other family in Cuba?

3. In what ways was life different for Gloria after moving to Mexico?

4. Describe Isabel's husband in Chapter 11?

5. What does Carmen hear coming from her neighbor's house as she prepares for Thanksgiving? What does Carmen think of her neighbor?

6. What does Jeanette tell Carmen her problem is after she assures Jeanette that nobody knows about her "problems" (103)?

7. When did Nancy give Gloria a raise in Chapter 7?

8. Who is Reinaldo? How does he help Maydelis and Jeanette in Chapter 8?

9. When Dolores discovers the missing copy of Les Miserables who does she blame? What does she say about the book? What assumption does Jeanette realize she made about Cubans?

10. What did Jeanette learn from Carmen about why Cubans might hide their possessions within their walls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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