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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who came up behind Lizet to calm her down before she attacked Tracy in Chapter 28?
(a) Lourdes.
(b) Anna.
(c) Leidy.
(d) Caroline.

2. Who did Lizet believe had replaced her as her mother's new adopted daughter in Chapter 33?
(a) Caridaylis.
(b) Anna Maria.
(c) Tracy.
(d) Leidy.

3. What is Lizet contemplating the importance or meanlinglessness of in the conclusion of Chapter 36?
(a) Family.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Voting.
(d) Love.

4. Where did Lizet go to call Professor Kaufmann in Chapter 35?
(a) Her mother's bedroom.
(b) Omar's house.
(c) The gas station.
(d) The library.

5. What color are Victor's eyes described as being?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

6. Where in California is the internship that Dr. Kaufmann recommended to Lizet?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Santa Barbara.

7. Where was Jillian doing an internship in Chapter 35?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) New Haven.
(c) New York City.
(d) Los Angeles.

8. Who was the woman at the rally that spoke to Lizet and her mother about the drunk drivers on New Year's Eve in Chapter 23?
(a) Myra.
(b) Pat.
(c) Anna.
(d) Louise.

9. What word from the text refers to a gelatinous substance obtained from various kinds of red seaweed and used in biological culture media?
(a) Diozone.
(b) Acid.
(c) Agar.
(d) Lipid.

10. Lizet told Tracy to go kiss a poster of whom when she ranted over the news in Chapter 28?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Fidel Castro.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Che Guevara.

11. How many years have passed since the Ariel raid in Chapter 36?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

12. Where did Leidy begin graduate school?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Rutgers.

13. When was the decision to be made regarding Ariel's case in Chapter 24?
(a) On Wednesday.
(b) On Thursday.
(c) On Monday.
(d) On Tuesday.

14. How far from Lizet's mother's apartment did the uncle of Ariel Hernandez live?
(a) 1 block away.
(b) 4 blocks away.
(c) 2 blocks away.
(d) 6 blocks away.

15. What did Jillian hope to get an internship in through a friend of her mother's in Chapter 26?
(a) Molecular biology.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Investigative biology.
(d) Entertainment law.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lizet's flight back to school leave after the raid in Chapter 33?

2. How many months away does Lizet say it was until September 2001 when her father took her to the airport in Chapter 35?

3. In what month did Ariel Hernandez leave the U.S. in Chapter 35?

4. How many weeks did Ariel's family have until he was deported after the announcement was made in Chapter 24?

5. How many people were arrested for drunk driving on the Palmetto on New Year's Eve, according to the woman in the crowd in Chapter 23?

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