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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she discovers Magda and Emilia in her wagon, what does Gabriela fear?
(a) She is afraid because she does not have any food to feed them.
(b) She is afraid that the soldiers will think she kidnapped the girls.
(c) She is afraid that the girls are there to mock her.
(d) She is afraid that the girls are not safe.

2. Why is Cora able to invite Magda and Emilia over to her house?
(a) Her maid is too drunk to realize that Cora is not allowed to have friends.
(b) Her father allows her to have friends over.
(c) Her mother is gone.
(d) Her mother has relaxed the rules.

3. What do Emilia and Magda naively collect from the river?
(a) Used condoms.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Needles.
(d) Used undergarments.

4. Why is Senora Francisca not friendly with the other women?
(a) The other women find her to be haughty.
(b) She is not very wealthy.
(c) She is very reclusive.
(d) She is very ill.

5. What does Gabriela follow to get home?
(a) The Panama River.
(b) The Rio Blanco.
(c) The Rio de la Plata.
(d) The Rio Grande do Sul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cora's religion?

2. Why does Gabriela make daily rounds through the village?

3. According to the women in Magda's family, who is visiting Uruguay?

4. What does "tias" mean?

5. Where does this novel take place?

(see the answer key)

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