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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lorraine tell the girl every day in "The Paterson Public Library"?
(a) That she will cheat off of her.
(b) That she will tell on her.
(c) That she will beat her up.
(d) That she will steal her money.

2. Why did the woman get "tokens" from Lydia?
(a) For payment.
(b) For protection.
(c) She demanded them.
(d) She bribed Lydia.

3. In "Lydia", what is the last token Lydia leaves?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A calender.
(c) A book of psalms.
(d) A dictionary.

4. What does the husband in "The Campesino's Lament" wish of his wife?
(a) That she will leave him.
(b) That she makes him dinner.
(c) That she returns to him.
(d) That she will move to the United States.

5. Who does Dona Ernestina leave with at the end of "Nada"?
(a) The police.
(b) A judge.
(c) A paramedic.
(d) The girl's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Marina write a letter in "Letter from a Caribbean Island"?

2. How much earlier did the author need to wake up to work on her craft in "5:00 A.M.: Writing as Ritual"?

3. In "The Story of My Body", how is the girl viewed in Puerto Rico?

4. Where did the woman in "Advanced Biology" spend her childhood?

5. After Corazon and Manuel were married, where did they live?

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