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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. What does Maydelis tell Jeanette she thought might happen after she and Jeanette spent time together?
2. Who makes Jeanette feel like she is "some kind of savior" (11)?
3. What does Vanessa say she learned about their great-grandmother Cecelia in Chapter 6?
4. How old is Carmen when her mother begins letting her drink espresso?
5. What does Jeanette begin to notice about Isabel when she visits the beauty counter?
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. Why did Ana realize later that she could have gotten away with taking the money Nancy hid in the floorboard to pay for treatment?
3. Why does Carmen want Jeanette to visit home so badly in Chapter 11? What does Jeanette say to Carmen about her relationship with Julio? How does Carmen respond?
4. In what ways was life different for Gloria after moving to Mexico?
5. Why does Maydelis spend time with El Aleman at the start of Chapter 8? What does she hope might come of their relationship?
6. When did Nancy give Gloria a raise in Chapter 7?
7. What does Carmen hear coming from her neighbor's house as she prepares for Thanksgiving? What does Carmen think of her neighbor?
8. How does Mario make extra money in Chapter 11?
9. Why does Carmen want everything to be especially perfect this Thanksgiving?
10. Why did Daniel leave Dolores and the children at the start of Chapter 10? How did she feel about his departure?
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
Write an essay examining the final story in Of Women and Salt. How did this story fit into the overall theme of the novel? Why do you think the author chose this as the final story?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance economic status has in Of Women and Salt. Who is wealthy? Who is poor? How does economic status directly and indirectly impact the characters?
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