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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 does Nataly's boyfriend do?

2. What is Oscar's favorite Japanese anime in Part I, Chapter Four?

3. When did Abelard start leaving his wife and daughter Jacquelyn home when he attended Jefe events?

4. When did the U.S. invade Santo Domingo?

5. What do the cops have to buy when they are taking Oscar to the cane fields in Part II, Chapter Six?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Jackie and Astrid after their mother died and their father was imprisoned?

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

3. Why isn't Oscar worried when Ybon says her boyfriend wants to meet him?

4. How did Beli get the burn on her back?

5. Why should 1945 have been a great year for Abelard and his family?

6. What does Oscar do on the weekend his first couple of year back home in Part II, Chapter Six?

7. What happens to Oscar at the end of his sophomore year?

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

9. How does Oscar meet Ybon?

10. How did Jackie die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Socorro was one to always worry. Why was Socorro one to worry and always imagine catastrophe just around the corner?

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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