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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Gloria tell Alma she is getting as a part of her divorce settlement?
(a) $60,000.
(b) $80,000.
(c) $40,000.
(d) $100,000.

2. Where was the apartment where Nelia Zafon lived with Josie?
(a) Jersey City.
(b) Queens.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Inglewood.

3. With what friend does Alma describe Maribel painting their fingernails black?
(a) Maria.
(b) Ynez.
(c) Anna.
(d) Abelina.

4. Why does Alma blame herself for the accident where Maribel was injured?
(a) She was the one who asked Maribel to climb the shaft.
(b) She took the family on a cruise.
(c) She was holding the ladder.
(d) She was not present.

5. Who wrote "Poem After Carlos Drummond de Andrade"?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Marvin Bell.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Robert Frost.

6. How much time has passed from the encounter between Garrett and Maribel that Alma tells Arturo about it?
(a) Several months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) A few days.
(d) Two years.

7. In what branch of the military was Jose Mercado enlisted?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Peace Corps.

8. What was the name of Rafael's donkey?
(a) Andre.
(b) Jose.
(c) Burro.
(d) Carro.

9. Who does Arturo call when he arrives home and Maribel is missing?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Micho Alvarez.
(c) The police.
(d) Phyllis.

10. Fito Angelino ended up taking the apartment manager job based on what?
(a) An arm-wrestling match.
(b) A game of quarters.
(c) A horse race.
(d) A poker game.

11. How much money does Tia Gloria give to Mayor's family?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $20,000.

12. When did Nelia Zafon tell her mami that she wanted to move to New York and dance on Broadway?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1970.

13. What is Micho Alvarez's profession?
(a) He is a photographer.
(b) He is a banker.
(c) He is a professor.
(d) He is a writer.

14. Where is Micho Alvarez from?
(a) Panama.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Venezuela.

15. Where does Celia tell Alma that Mayor was going after school when Alma comes looking for Maribel?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To the library.
(c) To see a play.
(d) To soccer practice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the police respond to Alma's concerns about Garrett?

2. What is the result of the accident where Maribel was injured?

3. What play does Nelia Zafon describe auditioning for in Greenwich Village?

4. When Alma and Arturo go to the pizza restaurant, they are celebrating how many years of marriage?

5. Where are Jose Mercado and his wife from?

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