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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. Who believes "the past only haunts you if you let it" (105)?
2. From whose perspective is Chapter 10, "The Bombs Would Rain," told?
3. What did Jeanette try to steal from Victoria's Secret when she was a teenager?
4. What does young Carmen see her mother do while she stands at the backdoor at the end of Chapter 10?
5. What does Jeanette begin to notice about Isabel when she visits the beauty counter?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Reinaldo? How does he help Maydelis and Jeanette in Chapter 8?
2. Why did Daniel leave Dolores and the children at the start of Chapter 10? How did she feel about his departure?
3. Why is there a Les Miserables book on the bookshelf at Dolores's house? What does Maydelis tell Jeanette about the book? Why does Jeanette take it?
4. What did Jeanette learn from Carmen about why Cubans might hide their possessions within their walls?
5. When did Nancy give Gloria a raise in Chapter 7?
6. In what ways was life different for Gloria after moving to Mexico?
7. How does Carmen feel about her family's conversation about Dolores and Maydelis and other family in Cuba?
8. How does Mario make extra money in Chapter 11?
9. How did Nancy treat Ana and Gloria when they first started working for her?
10. Why does Maydelis spend time with El Aleman at the start of Chapter 8? What does she hope might come of their relationship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a character and discuss their role in creating conflict in the story.
Essay Topic 2
Pick a character from Of Women and Salt and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters' goals? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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