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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. How are the women in Magda's family described?
(a) Delicate.
(b) Tall.
(c) Strong.
(d) Husky.

2. Who is the mysterious woman in Chapter 6?
(a) Senor Ruben's illegitimate child.
(b) Senor Ruben's sister.
(c) Senor Ruben's secretary.
(d) Senor Ruben's mistress.

3. Who stops Magda when she goes for help during the riot?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A soldier.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her father.

4. How does Cora signal the girls in Chapter 7?
(a) With a candle in the window.
(b) With a knock on the door.
(c) With a red sock on her windowsill.
(d) With a handkerchief.

5. What confuses Emilia about Americans?
(a) How angry they are at their government.
(b) How seriously they take their religion.
(c) How serious they are about their work.
(d) How free they are with their love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What career path is Marco's father pushing for his son?

2. What does Cora reveal to Magda and Emilia in Chapter 4?

3. What do Emilia and Magda naively collect from the river?

4. How does Senora Francisca keep her husband from spending any more money?

5. What is the reaction of the Perez brothers as the woman walks by?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the conflict between Marco and his parents?

2. How has Gabriela changed in the years since Magda has visited her house? How has she stayed the same?

3. What does Emilia find strange about Americans?

4. Why would Gabriela say that Marco will be a hard person to love?

5. What makes Cora so unique in the eyes of Magda and Emilia?

6. What realization does Magda have about her future while recovering from Jaime's death?

7. According to the letters from Jaime and Marco, what is happening in Uruguay?

8. What is scandalous about una casa de cita in Chapter 3?

9. What marks Senor Ruben as respectable in the eyes of the community?

10. Why do the aunts criticize the American woman in their neighborhood?

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