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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 was the occasion for the young man whom Rocio secretly admires to visit her home?
2. Which of Rocio's relatives moves away from the neighborhood?
3. What type of fruit tree is located on a vacant lot down the street from Rocio's home?
4. What type of dessert is served as part of the Esquibel's family Christmas dinner?
5. Who is the young man whom Rocio secretly admires?
Short Essay Questions
1. Based on the narrative in The Closet section of the book, is there a correlation between the "gray room", the "blue room", the universe, and their positions in relation to a yearning for a free-like existence that Rocio may have?
2. According to the text in the Evening in Paris, how do Rocio and her mother differ in terms of the level of forethought applied toward the purchase of Christmas gifts for one another?
3. What factors noted in the Willow Game section of the book contribute toward normalcy in Rocio's life?
4. Based on the narrative in The Closet section of the book, what does Rocio's closet reveal about her?
5. According to the narrative in The Closet section of the book, in what sense can the television room closet be labeled as being historical?
6. According to the text in The Closet section of the book, what aspects or traits of Nieves' personality can be deciphered from the items in her closet?
7. According to the text in the Evening in Paris section of the book, what does Rocio seem to have in abundance and her mother, Nieves seem to lack in relation to the celebration of Christmas?
8. Based on the text in The Closet section of the book, what does Rocio telling her sister, Mercy about her "special rooms" and advising her to find her own reveal about Rocio's bond with Mercy?
9. Based on the narrative in the Willow Game section of the book, can you describe the individuals who live in the "down" section of Rocio's street?
10. How is Nieves' past reflected via the wedding photograph in her closet, and the details surrounding her first husband?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In college and rooming with her boyfriend, Loudon, Rocio entertains thoughts of escaping to the arms of one of Loudon's friends, and getting a place of her own. Explain how certain events in Rocio's life prior to college, as described in the book, are likely to have foreshadowed her desire to change her collegiate love interest and living arrangements.
Essay Topic 2
Detail your thoughts on whether the promotions that Rocio receives while working at the hospital may have served as an impetus toward paralleling her transition from a Hispanic girl living on the "down" side of her street, to a more assimilated type of life as a Hispanic female writer, and thus befitting to the book title, "The Last of the Menu Girls".
Essay Topic 3
What is the book's central theme? Is its intended theme message conveyed effectively? Detail either your affirmative or negative response with supporting text from the book.
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