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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first gift Antonio leaves on Maria's desk in Chapter 1?
(a) Crimson cattleya.
(b) Madonna Lillies.
(c) Blue bearded irises.
(d) Violet bougainvilleas.

2. Where does Ana tell Jeanette all of her family lives?
(a) Honduras.
(b) Texas.
(c) Mexico.
(d) El Salvador.

3. What happened to Gloria's brother six months after Ana was born?
(a) He was granted U.S. citizenship.
(b) His business was shuttered.
(c) He was killed.
(d) He finished college.

4. 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 the overnight shift at a hospital.
(c) She works seven days as a cleaning lady.
(d) She works nights at a restaurant.

5. What does Gloria write to Ana with a paperclip while in detention?
(a) I am sorry.
(b) Please come.
(c) We are force.
(d) I love you.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeanette do at the send of Chapter 4 when she decides to stop following Johnson?

2. Who is Ana's father?

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

4. What does Jeanette say her name is on the way to the party in Chapter 4?

5. Where did Ana sleep the night before Jeanette saw her get dropped off at her mother's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Johnson say and do when Jeanette asks him to buy her cigarettes?

2. What was Jeanette's technique for trying to find someone to buy her and her friend cigarettes?

3. Why did a detainee hide food for her daughter? What happened as a result?

4. Describe Antonio's final moments in Chapter 1.

5. Where is Jeanette at the start of Chapter 4? Who is the man she with and what do they find?

6. In what country is Maria Isabel in Chapter 1? What year is it? What does she do for work?

7. What does Gloria tell Ana about her father?

8. Why does Johnson not want to call the cops when they find the dead body? What do they do after?

9. What does an officer tell Gloria she can do in order to get released sooner? Why is she unable to get a lawyer?

10. What do readers learn of Jeanette's relationship with Mario at the beginning of Chapter 2? How does he feel when she calls him?

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