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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. What did Felicia do during World War II?
(a) She was sick in the hospital.
(b) She wrote a book.
(c) She stayed in Mexico.
(d) She was a nurse.

2. Why does Felicia go outside to the trailer in the middle of the night?
(a) She has a dream.
(b) She sees a light.
(c) She hears people talking.
(d) She hears footsteps.

3. Who pays for Caridad's house near El Santuario?
(a) Caridad.
(b) Don Domingo.
(c) La Loca.
(d) Felicia.

4. What is Esperanza's profession?
(a) Art gallery owner.
(b) Psychiatric nurse.
(c) News broadcaster.
(d) Medical doctor.

5. What did Felicia do in Tome?
(a) She babysat relatives' children.
(b) She preached the gospel.
(c) She was a caretaker of the House of God.
(d) She cleaned homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Francisco that "God writes straight in crooked letters"?

2. How does Felicia suggest Caridad was healed?

3. Which of Caridad's sisters thinks Caridad is not immune to love?

4. What awakens Sofi in the middle of the night in Chapter 1?

5. Francisco has never really loved anyone except whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Domingo is described as a flawed individual. What are some specific things Domingo does to indicate this is true?

2. How is Caridad different after she returns from being missing?

3. What is the irony in the fact that Esperanza is taken as a prisoner overseas?

4. What does Acme International represent?

5. Why does Fe think Caridad disappeared?

6. Why is it important to La Loca when Fe asks her to teach her how to cook?

7. Do you think Caridad and Esmeralda die? Why or why not?

8. What happens when Felicia rents out Caridad's trailer?

9. How is La Loca depicted as a sort of embodiment of Jesus?

10. How does the incident of the man in the pickup truck foreshadow events later in the novel?

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