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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. In "The Lesson of the Sugarcane", what does the girl's mother want her to smell?
(a) Flat tires.
(b) Sugarcane.
(c) Freshly cut grass.
(d) The sun.

2. How does the girl feel about living in the city?
(a) She doesn't really care.
(b) She hates it.
(c) She loves it.
(d) She makes fun of it.

3. Who was the girl pretending to be in "The Changeling"?
(a) Che Guevara.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Her father.

4. Why did the girl stay home from school in "By Love Betrayed"?
(a) She forgot to do her homework.
(b) She pretends to be sick.
(c) The building is closed.
(d) It is a snow day.

5. What does the girl liken love to in "Fever"?
(a) Giving.
(b) Grass.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl do with her diary at the end of "Absolution in the New Year"?

2. What did the girl talk about when she was dressed up in "The Changeling"?

3. Where did the girl's father work at night?

4. What happens when the girl goes to bed in "American History"?

5. How does the girl's mother act with the shopkeeper in "An Early Mystery"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the girl describe her father in "Fever"?

2. What does the girl's family plan to do the day the president is shot?

3. What happens when the medium's friends visit her in "The Medium's Burden"?

4. What story does the grandmother tell the girl in "The Witch's Husband"?

5. In "The Story of My Body", how does the girl re-tell her infancy?

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

7. What happens the night the old man sees a dolphin in "Letter from a Caribbean Island"?

8. What does Eugene's mother say to the girl when she comes to visit?

9. What does Paciencia do during the night in "Paciencia"?

10. Why does the girl's mother cry when she sees Castro on the television?

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