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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 did LBJ authorize an illegal invasion of the Dominican republic?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1965.

2. What color wig is Belicia wearing when she finds Lola after she ran away?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.

3. Where did Belicia's parents live?
(a) Bayaguana.
(b) San Cristobal.
(c) Bonao.
(d) La Vega.

4. How long were Lola's parents married when her father ran off?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 4 years.

5. What is the name of the boy Lola meets at the Limelight?
(a) Aldo.
(b) Martino.
(c) Enrique.
(d) Juan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of vehicle do Trujillo assassins drive?

3. What does Oscar call the Ground Zero of the New World?

4. How old was the actress Maria Montez when she died?

5. What is Lola reading when her mother calls her into the bathroom in Part I, Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Gangster court Beli?

2. What does Beli see after she is left for dead in the cane field?

3. Who were the Mirabal sisters?

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

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

6. What was the Gangster doing by the time he was between the ages of 12 and 14?

7. Why doesn't La Inca ever beat Belia?

8. Where do two large men take Beli when they grab her in the park the first time in Part I, Chapter Three?

9. In Part I, Chapter Three, why does the narrator think Belicia is ungrateful?

10. What is Lola doing and why doesn't she want to come when her mother calls her into the bathroom at the beginning of Part I, Chapter 2?

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