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Read the two excerpts about Jorge del Pino from Dreaming in Cuban.Excerpt 1: My grandfather came running and said, “Celia, let the girl go. She belongs with Lourdes.” Excerpt 2: “Pilar doesn’t hate you, hija. She just hasn’t learned to love you yet.”Which statement best synthesizes the ideas in these two excerpts?

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Jorge understands that mother-daughter relationships can be complex.
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Jorge values his relationship with his daughter more than the one with his wife.
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Jorge wants more than anything to build a closer relationship with his granddaughter.
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Jorge wants his family to value their Cuban background and stay together.
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What is the advantage of reading from three different perspectives in Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban?

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It breaks up the narrative and prevents the plot line from becoming bogged down in one particular place or time.
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It allows the writer to experiment with a variety of different writing styles, as every speaker sounds distinctively different.
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The different perspectives underscore the larger idea that immigrants or exiles must shed their native traditions.
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It provides the reader with multiple perspectives on the Cuban Revolution and on the differences between life in Cuba and exile in the US.
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Students who have read a section of a text and do not understand it should

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keep reading until the end of the story, when things will become clear.
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ask themselves when comprehension was lost.
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begin to copy any remaining text into their notes.
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push themselves to read faster in order to finish early and review.
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Which sentence from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban is an example of magic realism?

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Abuela Celia and I write to each other sometimes, but mostly I hear her speaking to me at night just before I fall asleep.
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At night, especially in the summer when the sound carries, I hear the low whistles of the ships as they leave New York harbor.
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Lourdes imagines these pieces, broken and bruised in unspeakable places, on piers and in alleyways, drifting down the river to the sea.
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One girl left with a broken leg after slipping on a bar of soap Pilar dropped while the nanny was bathing her in the sink.
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Look at the diagram.This diagram is best used for helping a reader

Question illustration
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relate personally to a text.
B
define hard vocabulary words in a text.
C
monitor comprehension of a text.
D
better understand the theme of a text.
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Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.That’s it. My mind’s made up. I’m going back to Cuba. I’m fed up with everything around here. I take all my money out of the bank, $120, money I earned slaving away at my mother’s bakery, and buy a one-way bus ticket to Miami. I figure if I can just get there, I’ll be able to make my way to Cuba, maybe rent a boat or get a fisherman to take me. I imagine Abuela [grandmother] Celia’s surprise as I sneak up behind her. She’ll be sitting in her wicker swing overlooking the sea and she’ll smell of salt and violet water. There’ll be gulls and crabs along the shore. She’ll stroke my cheek with her cool hands, sing quietly in my ear.The complex narrative structure used in the excerpt is an example of

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establishing a work of fiction that is based on nonfiction.
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several narrators being used.
C
unconventional text features.
D
the chronological order of events being manipulated.
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Which best describes why Cristina Garcia chose a multi-narrative structure for Dreaming in Cuban?

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to illustrate that immigrants must choose one cultural identity over another
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to illustrate that there is not just one single Cuban identity
C
to illustrate that the Cuban Revolution has not affected the younger generation
D
to illustrate that people always value their own cultural identity most
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Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.If it were up to me, I’d record other things. Like the time there was a freak hailstorm in the Congo and the women took it as a sign that they should rule . . . Why don’t I know anything about them? Who chooses what we should know or what’s important? I know I have to decide these things for myself. Most of what I’ve learned that’s important I’ve learned on my own, or from my grandmother.What does the excerpt reveal about Cristina Garcia?

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Her background in journalism has made the writing of realistic fiction more difficult for her.
B
Her background in journalism has helped her research and use realistic details in her fiction.
C
Her background in journalism has prevented her from using magic realism in her fiction.
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Her background in journalism has caused her to become an efficient and thorough editor.
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Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.My mother says that Abuela Celia’s had plenty of chances to leave Cuba but that she’s stubborn and got her head turned around by El Líder. Mom says “Communist” the way some people says “cancer,” low and fierce.Which element from this excerpt best characterizes Garcia’s story as one of magic realism?

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linking the words “communist” and “cancer”
B
presenting the idea of leaving Cuba as an extraordinary event
C
using El Líder as an additional narrator from Cuba
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connecting Celia with Latin American history ✓ Correct
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My father knew I understood more than I could say. He told me stories about Cuba after Columbus came. He said that the Spaniards wiped out more Indians with smallpox than with muskets.

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She shows the close relationship that Pilar had with her father.
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She connects the events to the colonial history of Latin America.
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She is a modern writer developing a story about Spanish history.
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She characterizes Columbus’s discovery as an extraordinary event.

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