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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. How old was the gangster when his parents turned him out of the house?
(a) 16.
(b) 7.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

2. What does Beli tell the Gangster that she wants to name the baby if it is a boy?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Richard.
(c) Manuel.
(d) Abelard.

3. Where did Lola's class go on a sleepover in sixth grade that she wasn't allowed to attend?
(a) Bear Mountain.
(b) Catskills.
(c) Colliers Mills.
(d) Assumpunk Wildlife Refuge.

4. When does Belicia go to live with her aunt?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1961.

5. What color eyes do Lola and her mother have?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what direction do the Secret Police take Beli in Part I, Chapter Three?

2. Where does Belicia live at the beginning of Part I, Chapter Three?

3. What longing does Belicia have, like her daughter?

4. For how many days after Beli returns home from her beating by the Secret Police is she unconscious?

5. When did Rubirosa marry Trujillo's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the boy that Lola runs off with in Part I, Chapter Two?

2. In Part I, Chapter Two, what does Lola say about her mother's parenting skills?

3. What is life like for Belicia at her aunt's home, as described in Part I, Chapter Three?

4. What does Oscar learn about Ana in Part I, Character One?

5. How does the Gangster court Beli?

6. Who were the Mirabal sisters?

7. How do Oscar's sister's girlfriends treat him?

8. How does Belicia react when students and staff throw direct barbs at her in Part I, Chapter Three?

9. Who is the Gangster's wife, and how did they meet?

10. How does Lola's mother get her back home after she runs off with a boy?

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