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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 food does Ana pack for a trip with Cesar on page 226?

2. In Part 5, how long are the ESL classes that Ana takes?

3. Where does Juanita go?

4. How many other students attend Ana first ESL lesson?

5. Why is Cesar arrested in Part 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ana describe the theater at the Radio City Music Hall?

2. In July how long has Juan been gone, and why does ne need to return?

3. What does Yohnny do with the Yankees?

4. Where does Ana sell pastelitos, and how much does she make?

5. What does Ana read in the letter from Yohnny?

6. How do Cesar and Ana invent things?

7. When does Ana sell food at the factory in Part 5, and what is her menu?

8. Who comes to the apartment with her husband to buy a suit, and what does Ana find after the woman and her husband leave?

9. How does Juan make an entrance when he arrives from Santo Domingo in Part 6?

10. What plans are made for Mama and Lenny when they arrive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element that author uses to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. What is the overall mood in the book and why?

Essay Topic 2

Juan was abusive to Ana. How did Juan try to control Ana and what she did? How would he respond if she disobeyed him? Was he an abusive husband?

Essay Topic 3

There was political unrest in the Dominican Republic throughout the novel. What unrest was there? How did that unrest affect the Ruiz and Cancion families?

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