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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jeanette tell her mother she needs money for, though she really gives it to Mario for pills?
(a) Gas money.
(b) New work clothes.
(c) Some face cream.
(d) A haircut.

2. Where did Mario and Jeanette first meet?
(a) Rehab.
(b) School.
(c) The pain clinic.
(d) A department store.

3. What does Vanessa say she learned about their great-grandmother Cecelia in Chapter 6?
(a) She was a famous dancer.
(b) She worked in a cigar factory.
(c) She worked in a sugarcane field.
(d) She was the first of their family to come to the U.S.

4. From whose perspective is Chapter 10, "The Bombs Would Rain," told?
(a) Dolores.
(b) Elena.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Carmen.

5. Why does Mario lose his job at the pain clinic?
(a) He is always high.
(b) He is always late.
(c) He stops showing up.
(d) He is caught stealing pills.

6. Whose plea sends Daniel to leave his family and fight?
(a) Batista.
(b) Castro.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Carmen.

7. Why does Dolores hide Les Miserables in the walls of her house?
(a) It is her most valuable possession.
(b) Daniel does not like that she reads.
(c) She does not want the kids to ruin it.
(d) It is illegal to read non-Cuban authors.

8. Whose men does Dolores fear will come to her home at night and make her dig her own grave?
(a) President Eisenhower.
(b) President Batista.
(c) Senator Kennedy.
(d) Fidel Castro.

9. What does Carmen tell Jeanette none of her guests know about?
(a) That she and Mario broke up.
(b) That Jeanette lost her job.
(c) Her problems.
(d) How old Carmen is.

10. Who helps Gloria find her job in Irapuato when they first get to Mexico?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Ana.
(d) Her cousin.

11. Why does Jeanette want to go to Camagüey at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) To find her father.
(b) To see her grandmother.
(c) To get some food.
(d) To go to the beach.

12. What does Maydelis leave out when she tells Jeanette about her evening with El Aleman?
(a) They had sex.
(b) She snorted cocaine.
(c) He paid her after sex.
(d) Her husband walked in on them.

13. Why does Daniel attack Dolores with a machete?
(a) He thinks she is anti-Castro.
(b) He thinks she is cheating on him.
(c) She calls him a coward.
(d) He finds the money she has been hiding.

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

15. In what ways does Isabel remind Jeanette of her mother?
(a) She looks both naive and confident.
(b) She looks both immaculate and breakable.
(c) She looks both rigid and calm.
(d) She looks both ritzy and haggard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jeanette bring to dinner, to Carmen's dismay in Chapter 6?

2. After contacting the car rental agency, how long do they say it will be before they can get them help?

3. What does Jeanette begin to notice about Isabel when she visits the beauty counter?

4. Who does Dolores tell Jeanette she cannot trust after Yosmany offers to let her ride his horse?

5. How long has Ana been in Irapuato, Mexico at the start of Chapter 7?

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