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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Carla think of the yearly celebration of coming to America?
(a) She couldn't remember coming to America.
(b) It was celebrating the day they lost everything.
(c) She totally understood the fuss.
(d) It was great and she loved the cake.

2. Why did the bank get rusty?
(a) It was played with all the time.
(b) It was left out overnight in the rain.
(c) It was buried in the dirt.
(d) The island air made it rust.

3. Why was Yolanda seated differently than the other children in her 4th grade class?
(a) Because she was the only immigrant and the teacher needed to tutor her without disturbing the other students.
(b) The teacher wanted the other kids to like Yolanda.
(c) The teacher wanted to embarrass her.
(d) The teacher grouped Yolanda with the nice kids.

4. Why did Yolanda like her 4th grade teacher so much?
(a) She didn't make Yolanda do any work.
(b) She said that Yolanda was a pretty name.
(c) She spoke Spanish.
(d) She was pretty.

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

6. How did Carla's mother react to her being accosted on the way home from school?
(a) She called the police.
(b) She yelled at Carla.
(c) She called her husband.
(d) She sent her back to the island.

7. Where did the Garcias live when they first arrived in New York?
(a) On the streets.
(b) In a row house.
(c) In a small apartment.
(d) In a compound.

8. What was the father's hiding place from the secret police?
(a) His car.
(b) A space in the garage.
(c) A tunnel.
(d) A compartment inside his closet.

9. What did La Bruja do almost daily to annoy the Garcias?
(a) Accosted the girls' mother and told her to go back to where she came from.
(b) She sent Alfredo to complain about the noise.
(c) Yelled at the girls as they entered the building.
(d) Told their father that the girls were too loud.

10. What happened to Carla's schooling after the incident with the man in the car?
(a) She returned to the public school close to home.
(b) She was home-schooled.
(c) She returned to the island.
(d) She dropped out of school.

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

12. What did Carla find under the Christmas tree on Christmas morning?
(a) Another mechanical bank.
(b) A new book.
(c) New clothes.
(d) A baby doll.

13. What was the secret phrase that the mother sent to Don Victor to tell him that there was trouble?
(a) To go play tennis with her husband.
(b) To come to the house to eat.
(c) To go to his office.
(d) To come pick up his tennis shoes.

14. At the end of the chapter, what happened when Carla put a coin in the bank?
(a) Father returned it to the store in New York.
(b) It got stuck, halfway up, halfway down.
(c) It was given to her sister.
(d) It was taken away and she never saw it again.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the house was dressed up for the Christmas party, what did the poinsettias look like?

2. Why were all the de la Torre girls sent to take art lessons?

3. What did Yolanda think snow was when she first saw it?

4. Where did the grandparents travel to often?

5. Who scolded Carla and told her she should not be in the maid's room?

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