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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "makes brothers and sisters of all who drink it?"
(a) Mate.
(b) Cerveza.
(c) Leche.
(d) Agua.

2. How does Senora Francisca keep her husband from spending any more money?
(a) She buys all new furniture and sends him the bill.
(b) She burns all of his money.
(c) She gives all his money to his mistress.
(d) She puts a freeze on his bank account.

3. What makes Cora mysterious to Magda and Emilia?
(a) She is very sickly.
(b) She is very sad.
(c) She does not appear to have anyone to care for her.
(d) She is always chaperoned by her parents.

4. How are Margo and Raquel kept from wearing makeup?
(a) They just do not like makeup.
(b) They are beaten with a belt.
(c) Their mother tells them that makeup is unattractive.
(d) They are allergic to makeup.

5. Whom does the woman in Chapter 6 go to visit?
(a) Josefa.
(b) Lilita.
(c) Senora Francisca.
(d) Senora Rita.

6. Why do Sofia's actions disgrace Magda's parents?
(a) Magda's parents have to pay for Sofia's hotel room.
(b) Sofia is not related to them.
(c) Magda's parents are the twins' legal guardians.
(d) Sofia is dating an unacceptable suitor.

7. What is still haunting Magda?
(a) The riot.
(b) The police officer's sexual assault.
(c) The person being shot at the speech.
(d) Cora's wounds.

8. What happens to Magda on the streets when she is looking for help during the riot?
(a) She is sexually assaulted.
(b) She is kidnapped.
(c) She is mugged.
(d) She is arrested.

9. What are the names of Magda's twin cousins?
(a) Coco and Estrellita.
(b) Sofia and Carmen.
(c) Rosa and Maria.
(d) Diana and Felicia.

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

11. What do Magda and Janet not agree upon?
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Politics.
(c) Foreign policy.
(d) Religion.

12. What do the women of Magda's family feel they do not appreciate anymore?
(a) Being treated as equals.
(b) Being ignored by the men.
(c) Being forced to stay at home.
(d) Being catcalled by the men.

13. What do Magda and Mamasita agree upon?
(a) Magda's father is a brilliant man.
(b) Senora Rita and Magda's tias are very rude and ignorant.
(c) Their family is wonderfully gifted.
(d) Mamasita is old and foolish.

14. What is surprising about Senora Francisca's house?
(a) She lives alone.
(b) There is no furniture.
(c) It is very small.
(d) It is very gaudy.

15. Whose characters did Magda's neighbor name her sons after?
(a) Grimm.
(b) Cervantes.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Dickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lilita see in Magda and Marco's relationship?

2. What does Magda notice at the end of Chapter 3?

3. What literary work is referenced in the description of Cora's house?

4. What are Magda and Emilia particularly afraid to do?

5. With whom does Marco march on the Cerro?

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