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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 56 - 110).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to take the children for the night in Chapter 9 from Mira?
(a) Martha.
(b) Stella.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Rosa.

2. What do Adan and Lala fight over in Chapter 14?
(a) That Adan stole Lala's money.
(b) That Lala wants to move to America and Adan does not.
(c) That Tone stole Lala's money.
(d) That Adan is stealing too much jewelry and attracting the police's notice.

3. Where does Lala say Adan was when she realized Baby was gone?
(a) Fishing with friends.
(b) Robbing a house.
(c) Working at his job as a cook.
(d) Swimming.

4. Why does Wilma decline to use the antiseptic cream on Esme's bruises?
(a) She does not have any.
(b) Carson is using it.
(c) It is too expensive to use on her child.
(d) She is mad at Esme.

5. What is an essential part of Adan's story reaching back to childhood?
(a) The story of melted gold.
(b) The story of a Burger Bee snack box on a Friday afternoon.
(c) The story of his father, the doctor.
(d) The story of the army conscription.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wilma's relationship to Lala?

2. What does Tone sell on the beach?

3. Where does Mira live most of the year?

4. What is the first thing Wilma says when Esme is born?

5. What does Esme always hold against Wilma from what happens with Carson in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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