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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. With whom did Jackie go to live after her mother died and her father was imprisoned?

2. How many years after Oscar graduates from college does he go back to Santo Domingo?

3. How many weeks after the party where Abelard did not bring his wife and daughter was he arrested?

4. What does Lola do with the money she got from a classmate's father?

5. Which year in college does Oscar try to commit suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Abelard say when El Jefe asks about Abelard's daughters?

2. How did Astrid die?

3. What does Max's family do with the money Lola gives them?

4. How does Oscar meet Ybon?

5. What changes does Oscar make in his life when he is seeing Jenni?

6. What are some of the reasons that Yunior offers to room with Oscar in Part I, Chapter 4?

7. Why doesn't Oscar die in the cane fields in Part II, Chapter Six?

8. What happens to Yunior when he is walking home alone in Part I, Chapter 4?

9. When Yunior first becomes Oscar's roommate, how does Oscar spend his evenings?

10. How did Jackie die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.?

Essay Topic 2

Oscar was warned to stay away from Ybon. Who warned Oscar to stay away from Ybon and why?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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