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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 decide to steal the book she found at Dolores's?

2. What does Ana do instead of going to school?

3. Where are Jeanette and Maydelis at the start of Chapter 9?

4. Why does Roberto originally not want Gloria as a maid?

5. With whom does Jeanette spend her one day off each week in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Maydelis, Jeanette, and El Aleman stop in a poor town to buy rum? Why does El Aleman lock himself in the car?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

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

9. How does Mario make extra money in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the central purpose of Of Women and Salt. What response do you think the author, Gabriela Garcia, hoped to get from her readers? Do you think she was successful? Why or why not?

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