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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sandi see when her father and Mrs. Fanning accompanied her to the restroom?
(a) Her father caught Mrs. Fanning.
(b) Mrs. Fanning kissing her father.
(c) Mrs. Fanning lost her skirt.
(d) Mrs. Fanning fell down.

2. Who taught at the Catholic school that the girls first attended in New York?
(a) The Sisters of Charity.
(b) Public school teachers.
(c) One of their aunts.
(d) Their mother.

3. What did Yolanda's 4th grade teacher tell the students about what was happening in the world?
(a) The Cubans wanted to kill the Soviets.
(b) Cuba had Russian missiles pointed at New York.
(c) The Cubans wanted to come to America.
(d) The Cuban bombs were pointed at Philidelphia.

4. What did Mundin want Yolanda to show him as a trade for the clay?
(a) How she curled her hair.
(b) Her new book.
(c) How she could roll the clay.
(d) That she is a girl.

5. Where was Yolanda seated in her 4th grade class?
(a) In a special seat in the front row.
(b) In the back of the class.
(c) Off to the side.
(d) In the front facing the class.

6. Where did the Fannings take the Garcias for dinner?
(a) To a Spanish restaurant.
(b) To a supper club.
(c) To a Chinese restaurant.
(d) To the Crystal Palace.

7. Why did Nivea think the girls were lucky?
(a) Because they could swim every morning.
(b) Because they lived in a beautiful house.
(c) Because their yard was so pretty.
(d) Because when their father returned from a trip he always brought them presents.

8. What gift did the father bring for the girls when he returned from America?
(a) Red boots.
(b) Mechanical banks.
(c) Dolls in costumes.
(d) Books.

9. What did Mrs. Fanning do after the dancers were almost finished with their floor show?
(a) She tipped the dancers.
(b) She jumped up and joined in with the dancing.
(c) She applauded loudly.
(d) She invited the dancers to the table.

10. When the mother said the girls were going to make her crazy, where did she say she would end up?
(a) In the river.
(b) In Belleview.
(c) On the streets.
(d) Back on the island.

11. Whose face appeared on the Virgin sculpture?
(a) Sandi's.
(b) Uncle Tio's.
(c) Yolanda's.
(d) Mother's.

12. How did Yolanda almost get her dad killed?
(a) She said he had connections with the CIA.
(b) She told her cousins that they were leaving for America soon.
(c) She said he had a gun.
(d) She bragged at school that her father was in the CIA.

13. When Victor arrived at the Garcia's and the secret police were there, what was revealed about the Garcia's immigration papers?
(a) That they were held up.
(b) That immigration papers were illegal.
(c) That there were no papers.
(d) That they had been cleared.

14. Before the Garcias went out to dinner with the Fannings, what did the mother tell the girls they were allowed to order as a drink in the restaurant?
(a) Milk or ice water.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coca-Cola.

15. What did Yolanda tell Mundin's mother when they were caught in the coal shed?
(a) That they were hiding from the guardia.
(b) They were spying on the dictator's grandson.
(c) They found kittens.
(d) They were eating guavas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the girls think of the nun's habits?

2. What did the de la Torre family do on Christmas Eve after the art lesson?

3. What was Yolanda's 4th grade teacher's name?

4. How did Carla's mother react to her being accosted on the way home from school?

5. What happened to Carla's schooling after the incident with the man in the car?

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