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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 7-8 (pages 332-355).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Delaney run out of while cooking dinner?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Tofu.
(c) Butter.
(d) Vegetables.

2. What sort of weather does fall bring in Los Angeles, according to the narrator?
(a) Cool and pleasant.
(b) Humid and sticky.
(c) Hot and dry.
(d) Rainy and cool.

3. Why does Delaney's column anger readers?
(a) They thought he was advocating for population control.
(b) The column argued for deportation of Mexican immigrants.
(c) He revealed secrets about Arroyo Blanco Estates.
(d) He criticized the homes of his neighbors.

4. What does América think causes Socorro to be blind?
(a) The tortillas she ate during pregnancy.
(b) América's inability to breastfeed Socorro.
(c) The fire that Candidó started in the woods.
(d) The sexual assault she experienced while pregnant.

5. Why does Kyra have difficulty selling the Da Ros house?
(a) She has grown attached to it.
(b) She does not see anything special about it.
(c) She knows that Mexicans are living in the basement.
(d) She believes it is haunted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kyra begin to resent the Da Ros mansion?

2. Who does Candidó pray to when he hears people coming to his campsite?

3. Who chooses Candidó for work?

4. Who gives América a cup of coffee?

5. Who or what ends up killing one of the family's dogs?

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