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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mayor refer to as his mother's special party food?
(a) Cinnamon scones.
(b) Taquitos.
(c) Ham sandwiches.
(d) Cucumber sandwiches.

2. What Percy Jackson novel does Mayor tell Maribel he had just read?
(a) The Sea of Monsters.
(b) The Lighting Thief.
(c) The Ultimate Guide.
(d) The Titan's Curse.

3. Where did Gustavo Milhojas get his first job in the U.S.?
(a) An apple orchard.
(b) A construction site.
(c) A mattress warehouse.
(d) A diner.

4. Who is the priest that leads Mass at the church where Mayor's family attends?
(a) Father Finnegan.
(b) Father Puente.
(c) Father Angelino.
(d) Father Olsen.

5. The mushroom farm where Arturo works is just over the border in what state?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Maryland.

6. Who did Garrett beat up last year so badly he left the kid with two broken arms?
(a) Marcus Puente.
(b) Julius Olsen.
(c) Quisqueya Solis.
(d) Angelo Puente.

7. Who is the landlord at the apartments where Alma and her family move?
(a) Angelo Puente.
(b) Fito Angelino.
(c) Julius Olsen.
(d) Juan Alderaz.

8. What irony does Mayor point out about his parents' immigration to the U.S.?
(a) They moved into a prejudiced neighborhood despite being Latino.
(b) They fled to the country that had driven them out of theirs.
(c) They moved to a country where their freedoms were limited.
(d) They moved into a country where they hate the laws.

9. At what shopping center does Gustavo Milhojas now work at a movie theater?
(a) The Newark Shopping Center.
(b) The Hot Springs County Mall.
(c) The Bonneville Shopping Center.
(d) The Rosehill Shopping Center.

10. Where did Quisqueya Solis go to live after leaving California?
(a) Vermont.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Alaska.
(d) New York.

11. What was the amount of the first heating bill that Alma's family received in December?
(a) $304.52.
(b) $199.45.
(c) $403. 23.
(d) $124.34.

12. What color does Alma describe all of the walls of her family's apartment as being painted when they first move in?
(a) Light sky blue.
(b) Dark mustard yellow.
(c) Dark olive green.
(d) Light pink.

13. Who did Mayor's family support in the 2008 Presidential election?
(a) Hillary Clinton.
(b) Rosa Clemente.
(c) John McCain.
(d) Barack Obama.

14. In what village did Gustavo Milhojas and his wife live when she died?
(a) Tehuipango.
(b) Casco Viejo.
(c) Tocumen.
(d) Las Cumbres.

15. Where does the landlord tell Alma that the kid with the skateboard lives?
(a) West Heights.
(b) Hockessin.
(c) Downtown Wilmington.
(d) Capital Oaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rafael buy the gold engagement ring he gave to Celia?

2. Where does Mayor's dad work?

3. Where in Guatemala was Gustavo Milhojas born?

4. Where did Rafael take his family to the beach at Christmastime on the coast of Delaware?

5. To what school does Maribel have to go in order to study an ELL course and be evaluated?

(see the answer keys)

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