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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. What happens to Jack after he is caught with Beli?

2. When is there a failed invasion, as described in Part I, Chapter Three?

3. What years are covered in Part I, Chapter Three?

4. About how many points of damage does Beli sustain in the beating by the Secret Police?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lola do after she cuts her hair and her mother tells her to wear a wig?

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

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

4. How did Lola help her mother before she was thirteen?

5. Why does Beli get expelled from school?

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

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

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

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

10. Who were the Mirabal sisters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Neither Lola or Belicia were satisfied with their lives; why were Lola and Belicia so unhappy and did they have the same reasons for being discontented?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Beli's believes that her first job defines her coming of age; in what ways did Beli's first job help her mature and grow up?

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