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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Maria and the other workers do when Antonio is escorted out of the factory?
(a) They walk out.
(b) They argue with Portenos.
(c) They cheer.
(d) They silently continue to work.

2. Who is Ana's father?
(a) A teenager Gloria had dated.
(b) A missionary who raped Gloria.
(c) A teenager who raped Gloria.
(d) An American who Gloria never saw again.

3. What does Gloria think is the happiest place in the detention center?
(a) The library.
(b) Her bedroom.
(c) The playground.
(d) The cafeteria.

4. What does Gloria call the smear of blood on her bed?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Ana.
(d) Motherhood.

5. When did Gloria decide to leave El Salvador?
(a) After her brother was killed.
(b) When she found out she was pregnant.
(c) After her mother died.
(d) After her daughter was born.

6. Who was Jeanette smoking weed and hanging out at IHOP at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Sasha.
(c) Lila.
(d) Jameson.

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

8. What drug does Jeanette try for the first time at the club in Chapter 4?
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Weed.

9. What does Antonio do for Maria each day at lunch after the war?
(a) Sings to her.
(b) Cooks for her.
(c) Teaches her to read.
(d) Massages her feet.

10. Where is Jeanette's family from?
(a) El Salvador.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Mexico.

11. What does Jeanette see outside her window at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Flashing police lights.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A fight between neighbors.
(d) Her boyfriend.

12. What is the one thing Jeanette knows about the woman who lives across the street from her?
(a) She has not had a job for months.
(b) She works seven days as a cleaning lady.
(c) She works the overnight shift at a hospital.
(d) She works nights at a restaurant.

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

14. What DVD does Gloria watch early in the morning at the detention center?
(a) A horror movie.
(b) A National Geographic DVD.
(c) Her daughter's favorite Disney movie.
(d) A DVD of her daughter's school holiday concert.

15. What does CFI stand for?
(a) Child Freedom Initiative.
(b) Credible Fear Interview.
(c) Children's Fear Interview.
(d) Community Freedom International.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Portenos announce the day Spanish soldiers arrive at the factory?

2. In Chapter 1, in what way does Maria Isabel's work impact her physically?

3. Where does Maria Isabel work in Chapter 1?

4. What does it say on the form Gloria does not understand?

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

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