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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. What does Magda suggest that she and Emilia do to lighten the mood in Chapter 5?
(a) Play pranks.
(b) Visit Gabriela.
(c) Sing.
(d) Dance.

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

3. How do Magda and Emilia spy on Cora?
(a) They set up a mirror to reflect into Magda's room what Cora's house looks like.
(b) They bribe the postman to tell them about her.
(c) They watch her from Cora's own window.
(d) They watch her from the poinsettia tree.

4. What country is Magda's grandfather from?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Uruguay.
(d) Ireland.

5. What is Josefa's relationship to Magda?
(a) She is the girl's neighbor.
(b) She is the girl's nurse.
(c) She is the girl's maid.
(d) She is the girl's aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the women fearful for the American woman?

2. Why do Magda and Emilia hide in Gabriela's wagon?

3. What does Marco's mother accuse her son of wanting?

4. Why do Sofia's actions disgrace Magda's parents?

5. What is always in view of the girls?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Jaime realize that he will never marry Magda?

4. How are Magda and Emilia finally able to visit Cora's house?

5. According to the letters from Jaime and Marco, what is happening in Uruguay?

6. What is significant about Senora Francisca having a bare house?

7. Why does Mamacita bring Magda to her home?

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

9. How is Montevideo described in Chapter 2?

10. Why is Marco unhappy that Magda wants to see Che speak?

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