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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 248 – 285.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What play does Nelia Zafon describe auditioning for in Greenwich Village?
(a) Man of La Mancha.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The Tragedy of Macbeth.
(d) Cold Wars.

2. What does Celia gather together for the Riveras when they return from the hospital?
(a) Poems.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Newspaper clippings.

3. To what school does Maribel have to go in order to study an ELL course and be evaluated?
(a) Watts School.
(b) Penter School.
(c) A. I. duPont.
(d) M. R. Wilson.

4. Where is Nelia Zafon from?
(a) Venezuela.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Panama.

5. How does Alma describe the encounter between Maribel and Garrett when she tells her husband about it?
(a) He hit her across the face while holding her down.
(b) He had her against the wall and had her shirt up.
(c) He kissed her.
(d) He walked up behind her and grabbed her inappropriately.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mushroom farm where Arturo works is just over the border in what state?

2. What item of Arturo's did they give to Alma at the hospital?

3. How long does Benny Quinto say he has been here when he is first introduced in the novel?

4. Where was the apartment where Nelia Zafon lived with Josie?

5. Who gives Alma a photograph of her, Arturo, and Maribel after Arturo's death?

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