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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 are the girls in school who have made Mari their project?

2. Because Mari's abuelita has to take an expensive prescription medication, how much are Mari's father and uncles sending to the family?

3. What does Tyler say his family thinks happened to Grandma?

4. Why is Mari's abuelita taking an expensive prescription medication?

5. What is the name of Grandma's friend who is coming to get her to save her from a nursing home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tyler think the farm is being watched by Homeland Security in "Watched-Over Farm"?

2. Why is Mari in the barn when Tyler comes out with his telescope?

3. What is Grandma's memory table?

4. How does Mari decide to deliver her letter to Virgencita de Guadalupe?

5. Why have the Cruz men started sending $60 a week to their family?

6. How do Tyler's parents think they will be able to keep the farm?

7. Why does Grandma visit the Cruzes in their trailer in December?

8. Who attends Thanksgiving dinner in "Farm of Many Plots"?

9. What bad things happened on Tyler's family's farm during the summer?

10. What does Mari say about the money her father and uncles send to their family in Mexico?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in Return to Sender? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Tyler and Mari?

Essay Topic 2

Aunt Jeanne thinks Grandma should live in a nursing home or go to live with one of her children. Why do Grandma’s children decide to make her leave her home? How does Grandma retain her independence?

Essay Topic 3

When Tyler meets the three Marias, Mari’s sisters reveal that she was born in Mexico. Why does it bother Mari that she was born in Mexico?

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