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

2. Where is Gloria at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) Family detention center in Texas.
(b) Prison in Mexico.
(c) Her family home in El Salvador.
(d) Her townhouse in Miami.

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

4. How old is Jeanette's neighbor's daughter in Chapter 2?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

5. What is Jeanette's job in Chapter 2?
(a) Freelance writer.
(b) Online teacher.
(c) Medical transriber.
(d) 911 operator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of bird does Gloria picture her daughter flying in through the window?

2. Which presidential administration is arguing to increase the number of days a child can be detained if with a parent?

3. Why are Gloria's knees raw and tender and bloody in Chapter 3?

4. To whom is Carmen speaking in the preface of Of Women and Salt?

5. What does Antonio do at Maria's work in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Gloria worries about returning to El Salvador, why does she wonder if her fears would be considered "credible" (63)?

2. Why did Maria and her mother hide in their house for four days? What did Maria find when she finally left?

3. What does Jeanette's mother think about Ana staying with her? What does she think Jeanette should do?

4. What does Jeanette see from her window at the start of Chapter 2? What does she know of her neighbor?

5. What does Gloria tell Ana about her father?

6. What does Antonio read about cigar factory workers in La Aurora at the start of Chapter 1? What does Antonio say this means?

7. Who is Carmen speaking to in the Preface? What is she asking of her? How does she try to convince her?

8. What is the maximum amount of time children are supposed to be detained for? How is the Obama administration trying to change that according to Chapter 3?

9. While watching a National Geographic DVD, what bird does Gloria imagine coming to her in the detention center and how?

10. Where is Gloria at the start of Chapter 3? What noises can be heard in the middle of the night sometimes?

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