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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Maydelis's husband's occupation?
2. Who does Carmen say is the reason she was able to survive when she came to the U.S.?
3. What is a jinetera?
4. Why does Carmen want Jeanette to visit her house so badly in Chapter 11?
5. Where are Jeanette and Maydelis at the start of Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways does Jeanette try to prove to Mario that she is not like other girls in Chapter 11?
2. Why did Daniel leave Dolores and the children at the start of Chapter 10? How did she feel about his departure?
3. Describe Isabel who comes to the department store where Jeanette works? How does she remind Jeanette of Carmen?
4. Describe Isabel's husband in Chapter 11?
5. When did Jeanette tell her mother that her father abused her? How did Carmen feel about the fact that Jeanette did not tell her right away?
6. Why did Dolores hide money in the mattress and hide her Les Miserables book in the walls in Chapter 10?
7. How did Jeanette and Mario meet? Why did he move in with her?
8. Why does Maydelis spend time with El Aleman at the start of Chapter 8? What does she hope might come of their relationship?
9. What did Jeanette learn from Carmen about why Cubans might hide their possessions within their walls?
10. Why does Carmen want everything to be especially perfect this Thanksgiving?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Garcia's decision to tell the story from various women's perspective. What is the impact of telling the story only from the female character's point of view? How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay discussing the various settings and time periods in Of Women and Salt. In what ways does each different time period and setting connect the stories and develop the themes of gender, violence, identity, and secrets?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the structure of Of Women and Salt. How does the structure of the novel impact your understanding of the themes and characters?
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