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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maria think she hears at the end of the story?
(a) Someone saying, "We are force."
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Antonio begging for his life.
(d) A cry for liberty.

2. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) Everything is Holding You Now.
(b) Nobody Can Help You Now.
(c) Everyone is Holding You Back.
(d) Nothing Can Stop You Now.

3. Who is Mario?
(a) Jeanette's sponsor.
(b) Jeanette's cousin.
(c) Jeanette's ex-boyfriend.
(d) Jeanette's co-worker.

4. What did a Christian missionary tell Gloria she was surprised by when she came to her village when she was young?
(a) How well-spoken Gloria was.
(b) How poor the education system was there.
(c) How poor Gloria's family was.
(d) How happy Gloria seemed.

5. What does Jeanette's mother think she should do about Ana?
(a) Adopt her.
(b) Track down her family.
(c) Call the cops.
(d) Let Carmen take care of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Aurelia?

2. What is the name of the man Jeanette is being intimate with at the start of Chapter 4?

3. For how many days do Maria and her mother hide inside from the gunshots and fighting outside?

4. What happens if two burrowing parakeets are separated?

5. What does Gloria think of as "a constant calculation of what-if...I gave up" (61)?

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