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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 the date of the letter Olga's mother writes her in 1995?
2. How much did Prieto's father used to pay a month to rent a basement apartment from Tio JoJo's friend?
3. How many years was Dick married before he got his divorce?
4. In college, how long did Olga work at a preppy clothing store near the campus?
5. When did Blanca take credit for a bombing at the home of Puerto Rico's governor-elect of the time?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Prieto's father live when Prieto bailed him out of Rikers?
2. How does Olga meet Matteo, and what is he like?
3. Why does a rich person's wedding never feature hideous carpet?
4. How did Olga's grandmother buy her own house?
5. What is Olga's apartment like?
6. What does Dick have that Olga wants in Access?
7. Why did Prieto go to a college in New York?
8. What is delivered to Prieto's D.C. office and who delivered it?
9. What bar does Olga meet Matteo for drinks, and what is it like?
10. How did Olga's mother feel when Olga was accepted to an Ivy League college?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Olga has a troubled relationship with her mother. When did Blanca abandon Olga? How has she been an absent mother? How does the relationship that Olga has with her mother affect what Olga believes about mother/child relationships?
Essay Topic 2
Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Gonzalez use artistic license to create the realistic background of Olga Dies Dreaming?
Essay Topic 3
Pietro is nearly out of high school when his mother leaves and does not return. What contact do they have with letters? When does he finally see his mother again? Why does she never want to see him again? What does he finally realize about his mother?
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