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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. Where does Valerie's mother hold weight?

2. Why does Inda push Valerie onto the rug?

3. What does Inda do for a living?

4. Whose names does Walter not remember?

5. Where does Daniel kiss Valerie after the dance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Valerie and Daniel say good-bye?

2. Why is Chiquita arguing with the man outside her bathroom?

3. What is the significance of Inda's experience with Andre?

4. How close are Valerie and Inda?

5. How does Valerie react to meeting Daniel?

6. Do the women blame each other?

7. What does Valerie do next?

8. What happens when Inda and Chiquita have dinner together?

9. Why is Inda worried?

10. Why is Chiquita more shocked than Inda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the meeting of Daniel change Valerie's life? How does her character change from this point?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Inda's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the she is at the end.

1. What did Inda hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Inda's ideas about life?

3. How has Inda's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the differences between Valerie, Inda and Chiquita. How different are their lives and what choices may have affected this? What are their strengths and weaknesses as individuals? In what way are their relationships used to develop the themes of the book?

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