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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 was Tio Tony involved in that makes him a wanted man?
(a) A gold heist.
(b) A plot to overthrow the dictator.
(c) A plot to undermine land reform.
(d) Nothing; he has been unjustly accused.

2. Where does Anita's family sleep?
(a) In a guest cabin on the property.
(b) Together in one room.
(c) Out on a sleeping porch as it is very hot.
(d) In two bedrooms.

3. Where does Chucha sleep?
(a) On a narrow cot.
(b) On a pallet on the floor.
(c) Wherever there is space.
(d) In her coffin.

4. What worries Anita?
(a) That the men will hurt her mother.
(b) That their father will be killed.
(c) That they are going to go to prison.
(d) That her cousins will not have gotten out of the country yet.

5. What does Anita receive for Christmas that helps her process her life?
(a) A card from Carla.
(b) A book about the history of the Dominican Republic.
(c) A letter from her grandmother.
(d) A diary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chucha's opinion about these men?

2. What is Anita's response to the answer Chucha gives her about her cousins?

3. Where is the setting of the school?

4. What does Anita realize about Sam?

5. What does Mami have Anita do after seeing the black Volkswagons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the teacher wants the children to play secret Santa for Christmas?

2. What does Mami ask Anita not to do?

3. What does Anita realize about Sam as she writes in her diary?

4. How does Anita feel when Oscar comes over to play with Sammy?

5. Why is Anita spending more time in the bathroom?

6. When is school supposed to re-open and what happens at that time?

7. The morning after Chucha moves in, who arrives at the compound after Anita's father leaves?

8. What are Carla and her siblings told to do when they get home, and what does Carla do?

9. How does Mami feel about the Washburns living next door and what does she do because of that?

10. Why does Anita use a pencil in her journal?

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