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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. Who is the daughter of the washerwoman?
(a) Constance.
(b) Cecilia.
(c) Candelaria.
(d) Camille.

2. The Grandmother is perpetually hungry for _______________.
(a) attention.
(b) burritos.
(c) spirituality.
(d) intellectual stimulation.

3. How did Narciso attain Soledad for marriage?
(a) He wrote her a letter.
(b) He "stole" her.
(c) He asked for her father's permission.
(d) He courted her for years.

4. Why is Candelaria removed from the Awful Grandmother's house?
(a) She got a better paying job.
(b) She has to finish high school.
(c) She wants to go to college.
(d) Her mother doesn't want her to be abused.

5. What is a symbol of class and better breeding in Mexico?
(a) Giving fancy parties.
(b) Having a brick house.
(c) Owning a tuxedo.
(d) Being blonde and light-skinned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Awful Grandmother's name?

2. At what type of business do the narrator's father and uncles work?

3. What is the narrator's father known as in the family?

4. What does Celaya's father tell the Awful Grandmother that he wants to buy for Celaya?

5. To what country did the narrator's family make an annual trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Antonieta Araceli and how do the cousins upset her?

2. Why does Celaya's afternoon out with her mother turn into a family crisis?

3. What kindness does the Grandfather show Celaya when the Grandmother ridicules her for not eating the mole?

4. What is a rebozo and what value does it have in Mexican culture?

5. Where does Inocencio take the family for a holiday, and who complicates the situation by inviting herself to go along?

6. How was Senora Regina both kind and cruel to Soledad?

7. Describe Narciso Reyes.

8. How do the family stories foreshadow what will come in the novel?

9. How is the Grandmother conflicted by what she wants for her family and what she is physically able to provide?

10. Describe Mother's hysterical fit in the car in Acapulco.

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