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1.	When she was a child, why didn't Cisneros's brothers play with her?
	A.	She didn't know how to play the games they played.
	B.	There was too much of an age difference between them.
	C.	They thought it was beneath them to play with a girl in public.
	D.	They were forbidden to play with her by their parents.

2.	What future did Cisneros's father initially think she would have?
	A.	She would follow the career of one of her brothers.
	B.	She would be someone's wife.
	C.	She would be free to pursue any interest.
	D.	She would be a lonely widow.

3.	Why did Cisneros's father think she had wasted all of her education?
	A.	She did not find a husband while she was in school.
	B.	She did not make enough money to pay off her college debts.
	C.	He did not approve of her career as a writer.
	D.	She did not graduate with honors.

4.	According to Cisneros, why did her family often return to Mexico?
	A.	Life and the weather in Chicago was too difficult.
	B.	Her father could find work only in Mexico City.
	C.	Her mother wanted the children to know about their father's homeland.
	D.	Her father suffered from bouts of nostalgia and homesickness.

5.	Why did Cisneros's father want many copies of her story?
	A.	to send to her six brothers
	B.	to send to different relatives
	C.	to send to the various schools and colleges she attended
	D.	to send to literary critics

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