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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Grandfather's name?

2. What seems to run rampant in the community?

3. The shoes a person wears and ______________ showed the class of the person.

4. What did Soledad accidentally call Narciso when they first met?

5. With whom was the Awful Grandmother sent to live after her mother died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Narciso Reyes.

4. How many children are in Celaya's family and what distinction does she have?

5. Why is Candelaria removed from the Reyes home?

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

7. How did Soledad find the man she would marry?

8. To what location did Celaya's family travel each year and why did they travel as a family?

9. What are the two criteria to determine a person's class?

10. Who are Celaya's father and two uncles and what type of business do they have in Chicago?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for Celaya's life. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Celaya. What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Celaya?

Essay Topic 3

Resentment seems to be an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is resentment in the Reyes family? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

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