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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 happens to Gwen?

2. When does a woman know that something is wrong in her life?

3. Which item of Daniel's furniture does Valerie feel is waiting for her?

4. Why does the old man frighten Chiquita?

5. How does Thaddeus surprise Chiquita?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is making Chiquita feel uncomfortable?

2. What does Chiquita tell Inda in the bathroom?

3. Why does Chiquita approach Raymond?

4. What does Valerie do after she leaves?

5. What does Chiquita suggest Inda to do?

6. What motivates Chiquita to find her mother?

7. Why did Chiquita stop seeing Brown?

8. What happens when Inda and Brown decide to leave?

9. Why does Valerie decide to go to Canada?

10. How does Chiquita explain the situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Inda prove her loyalty as a sister and friend in the story? What are her strengths and weaknesses as a sister and friend?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Chiquita's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the she is at the end.

1. What did Chiquita hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Chiquita's ideas about life?

3. How has Chiquita's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the differences between Valerie, Inda and Chiquita. How different are their lives and what choices may have affected this? What are their strengths and weaknesses as individuals? In what way are their relationships used to develop the themes of the book?

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