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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Paloma feel hope?
(a) A realization about where life can take her.
(b) Realizing Renee is not who she implies she is.
(c) Meeting Kakuro.
(d) Her mother giving her a sincere hug.

2. What bothers Renee a little about the dress Manuela borrows for her?
(a) It seems to flashy.
(b) It isvery expensive.
(c) It was made for a woman who is now deceased.
(d) It seems a little revealing.

3. Why does Paloma's mother take her to a therapist?
(a) To have the therapist explain about her mother's illness.
(b) To prove to the therapist that her daughter has problems.
(c) To show the therapist that she could raise a good daughter.
(d) Because of a comment Paloma makes.

4. What does Renee think to herself about her interest in painting?
(a) She wishes she were more up on modern artists.
(b) She wishes she could afford even reproductions of good art.
(c) She wishes she could paint.
(d) She should dumb that down also.

5. What does Renee ask Manuela to do?
(a) Take care of Renee's cat.
(b) Help Paloma.
(c) Make pastries.
(d) Contact Paloma's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one topic Renee and Kakuro discuss over dinner?

2. Who calls Kakuro?

3. Why does Paloma prefer her aunt and uncle to her own parents?

4. What do Paloma and Kakuro decide to do?

5. What amazes Renee about her new hair style?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Paloma feel and think when she hears her school choir singing?

2. What does Renee think of Kakuro's bathroom and what surprises her about it?

3. What does Kakuro send Renee and what does she do?

4. What does Renee think about art in Chapters 10 and 11?

5. Why is Manuela happy about the new tenant?

6. Why does Paloma's mother take her to a therapist and what fascinates her about him?

7. What surprises Renee as she enters Kakuro's apartment and what does that make her consider?

8. What does Paloma find interesting about the new tenant as concerns her mother?

9. How does Renee obtain a dress for her date and what disturbs her about the dress?

10. Why does Paloma prefer her aunt and uncle over her own parents?

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