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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In August 2005, how old is Mari?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 11 going on 12.
(d) 10 going on 11.

2. How old was Mari when she came to the U.S.?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

3. How much does Mari's father and his brothers send to their family in Mexico weekly?
(a) $40.
(b) $30.
(c) $35.
(d) $45.

4. What is the name of Felipe's guitar?
(a) Eleanora.
(b) Wilmita.
(c) Carisa.
(d) Adriana.

5. In Chapter 15, what is the date of a letter Mari writes to the president for a class assignment?
(a) September 21.
(b) September 8.
(c) September 15
(d) September 27.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the dinner with Tyler and his grandmother, when does Mari write a letter to her abuelita?

2. What newspaper does Uncle Byron read every day?

3. What does Tyler's mom want him to take to the girls in "Nameless Farm" that she has baked?

4. After Tyler see Grandma's remembrance table, when does she invited him to come to supper?

5. How is Tyler's mother helping his father in "Bad-Luck Farm"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tyler tell Mari it is terrible at his house?

2. Why does Aunt Jeanne think that Grandma should not live alone?

3. After Mr. Paquette's accident, why did Tyler's parents considering selling their farm?

4. Why does Tyler's father think the Mexicans working for them may not be legal?

5. Who do Sara and Connie think might be calling their phone and then hanging up?

6. Why does Ben think Mari gets upset when her sisters say she was born in Mexico?

7. Why does Tyler's family's farm not have a name?

8. Why is Mari not able to send the letters she has written her mother in August of 2005?

9. Why was Tio Felipe arrested?

10. Why did Mari not want her mother's photo on an altar set up to honor her grandmother who died in December?

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