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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lilita do that upsets Emilia?
(a) Lilita tries to keep Emilia from Magda.
(b) Lilita has an affair.
(c) Lilita quits her job.
(d) Lilita frequently leaves the house at night.

2. What did the families of Magda's grandparents attempt?
(a) They tried to enlist her grandfather in the army.
(b) They tried to send Mamacita out of the country.
(c) They tried to force her grandparents into marriage.
(d) They tried to keep Magda's grandparents apart.

3. What is Emilia's response to Magda's idea in Chapter 5?
(a) She tells Magda they are too grown up for pranks.
(b) She hates singing.
(c) It is too dangerous to visit Gabriela.
(d) She does not feel like dancing.

4. From what point of view is this story told?
(a) Omnipresent narrator.
(b) Third-person.
(c) Multiple-person point of view.
(d) First-person.

5. How is the woman who comes to the barrio dressed?
(a) In foreign clothing.
(b) In elegant, expensive clothing.
(c) In rags.
(d) She is wearing next to nothing.

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

7. Where do Magda and Emilia go to feel safe?
(a) The poinsettia tree.
(b) Gabriela's house.
(c) Magda's bedroom.
(d) Their fishing spot.

8. Why does Senora Francisca get a job?
(a) She wants to help the shop out.
(b) She wants her daughter to marry the shop owner's handsome son.
(c) She wants to make more money than her husband.
(d) She does not wish to sacrifice her lifestyle.

9. What does "tias" mean?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Sister.

10. Who stops Magda when she goes for help during the riot?
(a) A police officer.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her father.
(d) A soldier.

11. Why did the woman come to see Senora Francisca?
(a) She wants the senora's forgiveness.
(b) She hopes the senora will help her find a job.
(c) She hopes the senora will help her care for the baby.
(d) She hopes the senora will kill her husband out of anger.

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

13. Who is Magda's best friend?
(a) Lilita.
(b) Rita.
(c) Emilia.
(d) Gabriela.

14. What does Senor Ruben wear to work everyday?
(a) A military uniform.
(b) A police officer's uniform.
(c) A suit.
(d) A trench coat.

15. What does Magda's mother give Gabriela?
(a) A sculpture of the poinsettia tree Magda had made with Emilia.
(b) Magda's clothing.
(c) Clay plates Magda had made in kindergarten.
(d) A painting Magda had done of the sunset.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is shocking about the woman who comes to the barrio?

2. What present does Magda bring Gabriela?

3. What does the mysterious woman reveal to Senora Francisca?

4. Who invites Magda, Cora and Emilia over to watch a movie?

5. What question does Mamasita ask Magda?

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