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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and 10 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carmen find inside of her neighbor's house at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) A lion.
(b) An alligator.
(c) A dozen cats.
(d) A panther.

2. What does Gloria think of as "a constant calculation of what-if...I gave up" (61)?
(a) Work.
(b) Motherhood.
(c) The path to citizenship.
(d) Life.

3. Where are Jeanette and Maydelis at the start of Chapter 9?
(a) The beach.
(b) Dolores's house.
(c) Jeanette's apartment.
(d) Maydelis's house.

4. Why does Carmen's family think she does not speak to her mother?
(a) Because of politics.
(b) Carmen does not like to talk on the phone.
(c) Carmen thinks her mother is evil.
(d) Carmen's mother kicked her out.

5. Who believes "the past only haunts you if you let it" (105)?
(a) Jeanette.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Vanessa.
(d) Mario.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of bird does Gloria picture her daughter flying in through the window?

2. From whose point of view is Chapter 9, "People Like That," written?

3. What DVD does Gloria watch early in the morning at the detention center?

4. Why was a woman and her daughter sent to isolation at the family detention center in Chapter 3?

5. Who is Yosmany?

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