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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. When does Arturo land a job at a newspaper office?
(a) September.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) March.

2. Where is Oscar (the overseer of the parking lot Fito Angelino worked on) from?
(a) Veracruz.
(b) Montevideo.
(c) Reprosa.
(d) Cordoba.

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

4. How many days a week did Rafael work at the diner?
(a) Two days a week.
(b) Five days a week.
(c) Four days a week.
(d) Six days a week.

5. Where did Micho Alvarez work for a newspaper?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Puebla.
(c) Sinaloa.
(d) Tijuana.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What President is in office when Rafael is fired from the diner?

3. How old was Alma when she married Arturo?

4. Where does Celia tell Alma that Mayor was going after school when Alma comes looking for Maribel?

5. What is the name of Jose Mercado's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rafael lose his job? What problems does this present?

2. What are the repercussions of Quisqueya's news of Mayor and Maribel?

3. What is illustrated through the communication of Enrique and Mayor when Enrique visits for Christmas?

4. Why does Alma keep the information about Garrett secret from Arturo?

5. What information about Mayor and Maribel does Quisqueya relate to the Riveras?

6. What is the significance of the song "Feliz Navidad" in the novel?

7. Who is Micho Alvarez? What is his story?

8. What does Mayor do when the first snow comes in March?

9. What happens when Alma goes to the police about Garrett Miller?

10. What kind of car do the Toros buy? Why?

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