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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stitches does Bani have to have in her skull after her beating from the Secret Police?

2. What does Beli tell the Gangster that she wants to name the baby if it is a boy?

3. Who rescues Beli the first time Soy Trujillo's thugs try to take Beli for an abortion?

4. What color are Jack's eyes?

5. How much does Oscar weigh his sophomore year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are two other outcasts at school where Belicia attends?

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

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

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

5. What does Oscar do when he spends the summer at his abuela Nena Inca's house?

6. How does La Inca decide to send Beli to New York?

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

8. After Oscar spends a week looking at himself in the mirror in Part 1, Chapter One, what changes does he make?

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

10. How and where does Beli get her first job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lola couldn't wait to get out from under her mother's thumb. Describe the relationship between Lola and her mother and why there relationship was so volatile.

Essay Topic 2

Yunior has a plan to end the curse. What is Yunior's plan to end the curse?

Essay Topic 3

Beli has an affair with a man known as the Gangster. Why did this affair cause her bodily harm and eventually lead to her moving to the U.S.?

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