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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grade is the narrator in?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Tenth.
(c) Seventh.
(d) Ninth.

2. Why does the girl leave her apartment in "Twist and Shout"?
(a) She can hear a party.
(b) She was invited to a party.
(c) She forgot to get dinner.
(d) She wanted to run away.

3. Why did the girl dress up in "The Changeling"?
(a) She wanted to have fun.
(b) She wanted her father's attention.
(c) She wanted to be like her brother.
(d) She wanted to grow up.

4. What item does the girl debate the value of in "An Early Mystery"?
(a) Rugs.
(b) Candy.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Books.

5. What did Don Juan de Dios used to do for the girl in Puerto Rico?
(a) Made snowcones.
(b) Tell stories.
(c) Babysat her.
(d) Took her ice skating.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book of dreams in Spanish says that the tree represents what?

2. What did the grandmother promise the grandfather when she returned from New York?

3. Where did the girl's father read her diary?

4. What country was liberated in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?

5. What does the girl hear at night in "Orar: To Pray"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the library in "The Paterson Public Library" compare to the city it is in?

2. How did the girl feel about her visit to the shop in "An Early Mystery"?

3. What did the girl think as she watched her father read her diary in "Absolution in the New Year"?

4. What happens when Lorraine catches the girl in "The Paterson Public Library"?

5. In "5:00 A.M.: Writing as Ritual", how does the author help change her life?

6. How does the girl's mother respond to the girl going to visit Eugene?

7. What does Olga write in her letters to Joaquin?

8. What things startle the girl when she goes to a party in "Twist and Shout"?

9. In "The Story of My Body", what has the girl come to desire after marriage?

10. What happened when the girl slept in the same bed as her mother in "Fever"?

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