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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did "they" come from in "A Legion of Dark Angels"?

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

3. What does the girl's father quote when he sees Fidel Castro on the television?

4. What does the girl first notice about the woman that talks to her in the show in "An Early Mystery"?

5. Why isn't the girl allowed to drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the salesman never allowed back in the girl's home in "Not For Sale"?

2. What surprises the mother in "The Game"?

3. What happens at Juan de Dios's funeral?

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

5. In "Nothing Wasted", what was important about the seeds?

6. When the woman in "Advanced Biology" thinks back to Ira, what does she wonder?

7. What things does the girl say she remembers most about her parents when she was a child in "By Love Betrayed"?

8. How did biology class conflict with the woman's beliefs in "Advanced Biology"?

9. What happened when the girl went to the apartment where her father was in "By Love Betrayed"?

10. How does the girl's mother feel about sugarcane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"The Latin Deli" follows a girl through her maturation to womanhood. Trace the steps the narrator took to become an adult. Select four things that appear to be most vital in defining womanhood for an American Latina. What hurdles did she face? How did she overcome them and what was their lasting impact?

Essay Topic 2

What does El Building represent to the narrator and other characters of this novel? Using events that happened in the building, along with descriptions of it from the text, explain how El Building is a character and its role in developing "The Latin Deli".

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the use of animals as symbols in "The Latin Deli". What is said about the relationship between humans and animals? How are animals used to develop this novel?

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