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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. When was there genocide committed against the Haitian and Haitian-Dominican community?

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

3. How many jobs had Belicia worked to buy the house where she lives with Lola and Oscar?

4. Where does Oscar meet Lola after she runs away?

5. When did LBJ authorize an illegal invasion of the Dominican republic?

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 Three, why does the narrator think Belicia is ungrateful?

3. Why does Beli get expelled from school?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Beli nearly died after her mother's death. What were some circumstances and reasons why Beli survived her infancy and childhood?

Essay Topic 3

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

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