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**Dominicana Reading Check (pgs 120-129) (9/24/2024)

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8 questions
Note from the author:
This Reading Check is OPEN NOTE!! If you have your novel, you may use it along with any of your annotations. Reminder that this Reading Check will be used toward an average of all your Dominicana Reading Checks for a total of 50 points.
This Reading Check is OPEN NOTE!! If you have your novel, you may use it along with any of your annotations. Reminder that this Reading Check will be used toward an average of all your Dominicana Reading Checks for a total of 50 points.
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How does Ana know that Juan and Caridad are back together?

PG 121

Maybe Caridad is lonely too. But at least she's truly loved by Juan. Why didn't I run away with you, Gabriel, with your soft eyes and pillow lips? My thighs tremble with a sudden and urgent desire to travel back in time, jump back in that pool, and have his hands on the small of my back while I float. That day, under the sun, was fully ours. Gabriel and I had all the keys to all the padlocks. Don't tell anyone, he said about the secret house. Don't tell anyone, Teresa said every time she snuck off.

Ana X, the holder of secrets.
Now I can call [Caridad] and breathe into her ear.
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What is the author's purpose for including such a descriptive flashback dedicated to Gabriel at this point in the novel?

Choose the answer that goes beyond surface-level analysis and focuses on how the author's purpose impacts the reader's comprehension.

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Focus on characterization. What is Cruz's purpose for including this side of Ana's desires? (Select ALL that apply)

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"I run to the living room where I ball up on the floor and turn my body toward a wall to protect my belly the way I've seen protestors do at he marches on TV.

What the fuck is wrong with you? Juan says, almost to himself. You think I am some kind of monster?" (Cruz 126).

What does this quote REVEAL about Juan?

PG 127-129

In front of them Juan says, Ana, you can get anything you want.

Look, Gino, a man after a woman's after heart.

Oh, I just want one dress, I say, though I already want everything I see on the wall to wall racks.
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But Juan keeps up the show. Ana, he says, you can have anything you want. He smacks a kiss on my forehead as if sending me off to the races.
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Why don't I show you some of my favorite pieces, Giselle says, when she sees me gazing at a bag studded with emerald sequins.

Please do, I say. It doesn't hurt to look.
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Juan taps his feet while I move on to carefully finger the piles of button-down sweaters in different colors on the table.
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Pajarita, I have to go to work, Juan says with a forced smile.

One more minute.

Look how he spoils you, Giselle says.

Oh, yes, Juan's quite special, I say, and smile back at him.
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I look at myself in the long mirror propped across the shoebox pile.

Wow, a real model! Giselle yells out to Juan.

How happy Mama would be to see the woman in the reflection. Made and composed.

Juan nods. Can we leave now?

Demand. Demand. Demand.

So without a beat I nod back at Juan and say, Yes, I want all of it.

Juan waits until we are outside away from earshot of Gino and Giselle. He grabs my wrist. I drop the bag of purchases.

I told you, one dress! One dress! Do you think I am made of money?

I don't flinch. I stare into him.

I dare you, I say, knowing he's too proud to do anything to me where everyone can see.

Wait until I get home later. You'll regret that smart mouth.
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Ana is beginning to learn the game of marriage that her mom wants her to navigate and use to her advantage.

Which of the following quotes BEST supports the characterization argument above?

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Juan and Ana's relationship is no longer about toward accepting their marriage but instead is a transparent transaction, which allows Juan to be more openly abusive toward Ana instead of manipulating her feelings toward him.

Which of the following quotes BEST supports the argument above?

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What does Pigeon Teresa hypothetically say to Ana through the window?

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What club can Ana be a part of now, according to Marisela?