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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Kyra complain to about the squatters?
(a) Candidó.
(b) Jordan.
(c) No one.
(d) The Sheriff's Department.
2. Who or what enters the shed just as América is about to give birth?
(a) A dove.
(b) Kyra and Jordan.
(c) Her mother and father.
(d) A cat.
3. Why does Delaney's column anger readers?
(a) He criticized the homes of his neighbors.
(b) He revealed secrets about Arroyo Blanco Estates.
(c) They thought he was advocating for population control.
(d) The column argued for deportation of Mexican immigrants.
4. What starts the fire?
(a) Hot oil from the fire.
(b) The narrator doesn't seem to know.
(c) Delaney's cigarette.
(d) Candidó's match.
5. Who gets angry when Delaney jokes about the Thanksgiving turkey?
(a) Jack Jardine.
(b) Kyra.
(c) Kit.
(d) América.
6. What does Delaney do to the incriminating pictures of the people who spray-painted the gate?
(a) Photocopies them.
(b) Destroys them.
(c) Gives them to the people in the picture.
(d) Turns them into the local police.
7. What does Kyra decide she needs to save from the fire?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Real estate documents.
(c) Clothing and toiletries.
(d) Photo albums.
8. What makes América so happy that she does not notice the fire?
(a) The birth of her son.
(b) She gets a job that pays well.
(c) The turkey Candidó brings to her.
(d) It finally rains.
9. Why does a woman hit Delaney's car?
(a) She has been drinking.
(b) She thinks she sees a deer.
(c) Candidó walks in front of her while she is driving.
(d) Delaney makes a sudden stop and she rear-ends him.
10. Why doesn't Delaney commit to openly opposing the wall?
(a) He is the chairman of the property owner's association.
(b) His job depends on supporting its construction.
(c) He secretly believes the wall would be a positive change.
(d) He is afraid of what Kyra will say or do.
11. Where does Candidó go to clean himself up after he is beaten in Canoga Park?
(a) The home that they clean every week.
(b) The creek in the woods.
(c) Delaney's camper.
(d) A gas station bathroom.
12. What animal does Candidó tell América they are eating?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Ostrich.
(d) Deer.
13. What is Kit's relationship to Kyra?
(a) Kit is Kyra's sister.
(b) Kit is Kyra's cousin.
(c) Kit is Kyra's daughter.
(d) Kit is Kyra's mother.
14. What does Delaney overhear Jack, Jr., saying about Mexican girls?
(a) They can cook very well.
(b) They gain ten pounds a year after age sixteen.
(c) Most of them are really smart.
(d) They are generally conservative.
15. Who is Todd Sweet?
(a) Kyra's boyfriend.
(b) Delaney's cousin, who is also a writer.
(c) An opposer of the proposed wall.
(d) Candidó's landlord.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Delaney receive for free at the grocery store?
2. What does Kyra find in her purse?
3. What happens as Candidó is walking toward the Italian market?
4. Where does Jordan stay after the attack on the family dog?
5. Which of the following characters says the fence surrounding Arroyo Blanco Estates makes her feel safer?
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