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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why was Mario kicked out of his sober living facility?
(a) He got drunk.
(b) He was using Percocet.
(c) He was using cocaine.
(d) He was using heroin.

4. What is Jeanette's father's name?
(a) Manny.
(b) Mario.
(c) Julio.
(d) Juan.

5. Why does Jeanette leave the dinner party early in Chapter 6?
(a) She feels she is being judged.
(b) The food made her sick.
(c) She has to go to work.
(d) She dislikes Lila.

6. Why do they have to walk ten minutes to find a phone after the car breaks down?
(a) Nobody near the car will speak to them.
(b) It is the only phone in town.
(c) They do not have cell service where they are.
(d) Nobody around will let them use their phone.

7. Where does Jeanette work at the start of Chapter 11, "The Other Girl"?
(a) A nightclub.
(b) A pain clinic.
(c) A department store.
(d) A gas station.

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

9. Why does Mario take from his stash of OxyContin?
(a) He has developed an addiction to Oxy.
(b) Jeanette wants to try it.
(c) He cannot get Lortab.
(d) He has been unable to sell the Oxy.

10. How old is Ana at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) 4.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

11. What disease does Gloria get while in Irapuato?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Alzheimers.

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

13. Who does Ana's mother work for in Chapter 7?
(a) Cara.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Julie.

14. Why are Jeanette and her parents huddled in the bathroom in the memory she has in Chapter 11?
(a) Her parents are high and paranoid.
(b) Someone is robbing them.
(c) They are in the midst of a hurricane.
(d) There are police banging on their door.

15. What is Maydelis's husband's occupation?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Chauffeur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeanette do just to get through her visit with her mother in Chapter 11?

2. What did Jeanette tell Carmen about her father after he died?

3. Why does Carmen's family think she does not speak to her mother?

4. Which character's marriage is said to be "on life support" (118)?

5. What is a jinetera?

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