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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Magda feel about her American family?
(a) She finds them to be rather ignorant.
(b) She finds them too be rather snobbish.
(c) She finds them to very loving.
(d) She finds them to be overly religious.

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 mother is gone.
(c) Her mother has relaxed the rules.
(d) Her father allows her to have friends over.

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

4. What does Marco's mother accuse her son of wanting?
(a) Wanting America to take over the country.
(b) Wanting Uruguay to become a state of another country.
(c) Changing Uruguay into a communist state.
(d) Wanting Uruguay to become democratic.

5. Whom do Magda and Emilia stop to help during the riot?
(a) Che.
(b) Marco.
(c) Lilita.
(d) Cora.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Magda hears Senora Francisca yelling?

2. What is still haunting Magda?

3. What is Emilia's response to Magda's idea in Chapter 5?

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

5. What neighbor does Magda love to visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Lilita's feelings on the revolution in regard to her daughter?

2. How do Magda and Janet differ in opinions?

3. Ultimately, what are the fates of Magda and Marco at the end of this novel?

4. What is significant about Gabriela reading palms?

5. What does Mamasita ask Magda about Jaime, and what conclusions can be drawn from Magda's answer?

6. What does Cora do that dishonors her family?

7. What is Senora Francisca's reaction to the news that her husband has a mistress?

8. What is Raquel's conflict in Chapter 14?

9. What is Marco's role in the government and with the Tupas? Explain.

10. Why does Emilia no longer want to be around Cora?

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