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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men in dark glasses are in the Volkswagons?
(a) 2.
(b) Many.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. Who is the other person who comes into the classroom?
(a) The new boy's mother.
(b) Anita's mother.
(c) Carla's mother.
(d) The new boy's father.

3. What is Anita's response to the answer Chucha gives her about her cousins?
(a) Anita thinks Chucha is teasing.
(b) Anita does not understand the answer.
(c) Anita thinks the Chucha is being melodramatic.
(d) Anita thinks Chucha is getting senile.

4. What does Anita ask Chucha about her cousins?
(a) If she will ever see them again.
(b) Where they are.
(c) Why they are gone.
(d) If they are safe.

5. What are the men in dark glasses using as an excuse to search the compound?
(a) That someone reported gun shots coming from the compound.
(b) The disappearance of Carla's family.
(c) The fact that someone has made out-of-country phone calls from their home.
(d) That someone reported smoke coming from the compound.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men in the Volkwagons want?

2. How long has Anita been out of school?

3. What time of year is it when the novel opens?

4. Where does Lucinda take Anita to talk to her?

5. Why do they celebrate American holidays?

(see the answer key)

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