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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. Who is Soledad's daughter?

2. What year of school does Celaya enter at her new school?

3. How does the little Grandfather die?

4. What is Inocencia's only daughter's name?

5. What job did Soledad's son get in Chicago as an adult?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the emotional reasons that Soledad hates Celaya?

2. What lie did Narciso tell about his three missing ribs and what is the truth of the story?

3. What is a possible reason that Fina does not like Soledad?

4. What advice did people give Soledad about taking care of herself as a young woman?

5. Who is Celaya and how does she depose Soledad in Inocencio's affections?

6. How does Fina feel about her mother, Soledad, after her father dies?

7. Even though they both had behaved inappropriately, how did Narciso save Inocencio from a fate similar to his own?

8. Describe the glittering growth in Mexico in 1910.

9. How does the Grandmother's behavior depress Celaya?

10. What is Zoila's view on her fate as a woman, and how does she perceive her daughter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of evolving as an authentic person is an important one in the work in this book. Cite two examples of how Cisneros uses this theme in CARAMELO.

Essay Topic 2

Cisneros is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphors, and irony, and then briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Cisneros' use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where she did.

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