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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 does Jeanette leave the dinner party early in Chapter 6?

2. What does Vanessa say she learned about their great-grandmother Cecelia in Chapter 6?

3. What has Carmen told her guests not to bring to the dinner party in Chapter 6?

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

5. What holiday dinner is Carmen preparing for at the start of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Jeanette try to prove to Mario that she is not like other girls in Chapter 11?

2. When did Jeanette tell her mother that her father abused her? How did Carmen feel about the fact that Jeanette did not tell her right away?

3. Why did Daniel leave Dolores and the children at the start of Chapter 10? How did she feel about his departure?

4. Why does Maydelis spend time with El Aleman at the start of Chapter 8? What does she hope might come of their relationship?

5. Describe Isabel who comes to the department store where Jeanette works? How does she remind Jeanette of Carmen?

6. 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?

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

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

9. Why did Ana realize later that she could have gotten away with taking the money Nancy hid in the floorboard to pay for treatment?

10. How did Dolores kill Daniel? Who knew about it but never said anything?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining the book Les Miserables as a symbol in Of Women and Salt. In what stories and scenes does the book appear? What is the context? How does the book develop the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Choose a character and discuss their role in creating conflict in the story.

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