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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Delaney and Kyra go out walking together?
(a) To search for Dame Edna.
(b) To share cookies with the neighbors.
(c) To patrol the area for Mexicans.
(d) To share important things about their day.

2. Why does a woman hit Delaney's car?
(a) She thinks she sees a deer.
(b) She has been drinking.
(c) Delaney makes a sudden stop and she rear-ends him.
(d) Candidó walks in front of her while she is driving.

3. What is Kyra's relationship to Darlene?
(a) Darlene is Kyra's mother.
(b) They join the same yoga class.
(c) They both work at the same office.
(d) They are sisters.

4. What does Delaney decide to take with him while escaping from the fire?
(a) His computer and some books.
(b) His journal.
(c) His knife set.
(d) A handheld radio.

5. Delaney, Kit, and Kyra attend a party at whose home?
(a) Osbert Mossbacher's.
(b) Jack Jardine's.
(c) Dominick Flood's.
(d) Candidó's.

6. Why doesn't Delaney commit to openly opposing the wall?
(a) He secretly believes the wall would be a positive change.
(b) He is afraid of what Kyra will say or do.
(c) He is the chairman of the property owner's association.
(d) His job depends on supporting its construction.

7. What change does Candidó notice in América since their return from Canoga Park?
(a) She is more motivated to tend to housekeeping duties.
(b) She becomes depressed.
(c) She becomes obsessed with bathing.
(d) She seems to enjoy spending time with him.

8. Why does Delaney let a Mexican work crew into his yard?
(a) To give them a place to hide.
(b) To build part of the wall.
(c) To landscape the backyard.
(d) To repair the siding on his home.

9. Who or what enters the shed just as América is about to give birth?
(a) A dove.
(b) A cat.
(c) Her mother and father.
(d) Kyra and Jordan.

10. What does Jordan search for in his home?
(a) His favorite shoes.
(b) His cat.
(c) His favorite book.
(d) His stuffed animals.

11. What has happened to Candidó to delay his arrival at Canoga Park?
(a) He had to go to the hospital.
(b) He has been beaten and robbed.
(c) He got drunk.
(d) He has become very ill.

12. What does Delaney do when he sees Candidó walking on the side of the road?
(a) He speeds up and tries to hit him.
(b) He yells obscenities at Candidó before he drives away.
(c) He gets out of his car and assaults him.
(d) He pulls over to the curb.

13. Which of the following characters says the fence surrounding Arroyo Blanco Estates makes her feel safer?
(a) América.
(b) Erna Jardine.
(c) Kit.
(d) Delaney.

14. Who calls 911 when he sees Candidó?
(a) Delaney.
(b) Jack Jardine.
(c) Kyra.
(d) Jordan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Kit, Kyra, and Delaney go after they hear that a fire has broken out?

2. Who does Delaney decide to follow into the woods?

3. What is Kit's relationship to Kyra?

4. What is Darlene supposed to do if Kyra does not call her within fifteen minutes of arriving at the Da Ros place?

5. What is Candidó given by two English-speaking men?

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