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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. Who is the driver's ed instructor at Mayor's school?
(a) Mr. Samuels.
(b) Mr. Hart.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Mr. Baker.

2. Who is the police officer that Alma goes to about Garrett?
(a) Officer McNay.
(b) Officer Ross.
(c) Officer Williams.
(d) Officer Mora.

3. What play does Nelia Zafon describe auditioning for in Greenwich Village?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Cold Wars.
(c) Man of La Mancha.
(d) The Tragedy of Macbeth.

4. What does Mayor's mother receive from Rafael on Christmas?
(a) Lingerie.
(b) Perfume and a necklace.
(c) A pair of hiking boots.
(d) Shampoo and conditioner.

5. Who wrote "Poem After Carlos Drummond de Andrade"?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Marvin Bell.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Robert Frost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What President is in office when Rafael is fired from the diner?

2. For how many years was the diner open where Mayor's father worked when it shut its doors?

3. With what friend does Alma describe Maribel painting their fingernails black?

4. How much time has passed from the encounter between Garrett and Maribel that Alma tells Arturo about it?

5. How does Alma describe the encounter between Maribel and Garrett when she tells her husband about it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to the fight between Mayor and Garrett? How does the fight end?

2. How does Gloria come into a sum of money? How much is it? What does she do with it?

3. What enrages Rafael the most about the discovery of Mayor's fight and trouble at school?

4. What does Mayor do when the first snow comes in March?

5. What is Adolfo “Fito” Angelino's back-story? What brought him to Delaware?

6. What causes the strife between Mayor and William?

7. Why does Alma keep the information about Garrett secret from Arturo?

8. How is the setting of Clay Creek Park described? Why do the Toros and Riveras go there?

9. Why is Arturo fired from his job at the mushroom farm?

10. What information about Mayor and Maribel does Quisqueya relate to the Riveras?

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