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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Magda escape from the streets during the riot?
(a) Her family name keeps her safe.
(b) Someone calls her inside.
(c) A police officer rescues her.
(d) Marco helps her.

2. What present does Magda bring Gabriela?
(a) A sculpture of the river.
(b) A painting.
(c) Clay plates.
(d) A bouquet of paper flowers.

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

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

5. According to the women in Magda's family, who is visiting Uruguay?
(a) Che Guevara.
(b) Eva Peron.
(c) Juan Peron.
(d) Fidel Castro.

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

7. Who lives across the street from Cora?
(a) Senor Ruben and his family.
(b) Magda's family.
(c) Josefa's family.
(d) Lilita's family.

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

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

10. What does Lilita see in Magda and Marco's relationship?
(a) She understands the conflicts they will face.
(b) She sees that they will have a happy life together.
(c) She sees that they will never end up together.
(d) She sees that they have too many differences at the moment.

11. According to rumor, who might be involved with a dead Nazi?
(a) Gabriela's husband.
(b) Emilia's father.
(c) Cora's father.
(d) Magda's father.

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

13. What are Magda and Emilia known for in their neighborhood?
(a) Singing.
(b) Pranks.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Wrestling.

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

15. What historical event happens two months prior to the Uruguayan students' arrival?
(a) The assassination of John Lennon.
(b) The assassination of Bobby Kennedy.
(c) The assassination of John Kennedy.
(d) The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the zoo animal that Magda and her classmates watch being born?

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

3. What does Magda do when she hears Josefa's stories?

4. What is Josefa's relationship to Magda?

5. What does Gabriela follow to get home?

(see the answer keys)

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