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Dominicana Reading Check (pgs 148-157)

Last updated 9 months ago
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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What does Marisela beg Ana for?

PG 146

He thinks I took it off to be with another man, she says, watching me pour a bag of beans into a bowl. Anita, can you believe that? As if with all the things I have to do, I would have time for that.

I tell her how I can't even tell Juan a man was nice to me without him getting upset.

Ay, Anita, my sister, my friend. I knew you'd understand.
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Focus on character development. What does this scene reveal about Ana?

PG 148

Will you stay for lunch?

Ay, no, I can't today.

It'll only take a minute to prepare, I say.

My sister's home alone.

Sadness bathes me. I had even added fresh tomatoes to the rice and grated carrots into it for color.
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Focus on character development. What does this scene BEST reveal about Ana?

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How does Juan discover that Ana is pregnant?

PG 151- 153

[1] Tell me you love me, he says.

[2] You know I do.

[3] Tell me you're happy to be with me.

[4] I'm happy. I am happy.

[5] With me. Tell me you're happy with me.

[6] I just nod.

[7] Juan takes my hand, unwraps my arms, lifts my shirt so that my belly is exposed. I'm afraid he'll punch it.

[8] You got a piece of me in you now. You know what that means?

[9] My throat hurts from holding back tears, words.

[10] Me and you are connected forever.

[11] His large clammy hands rub my belly as if I'm his ball of fortune. He pushes me onto the bed. He lays his head on my belly, presses his ears against it. His head slithers between my breasts and he grabs them. Grabs my hair, tugs my ears, his hot morning breath on my face. He slaps my face, hard and fast. My skin sticks to his palm.

[12] You better not be going around telling people our business. Don't you know how much I love you? You want someone to come and take our baby? Take you away from me? You think they won't do that? This is America. You hear me?
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[13] Ay my little one, please don't cry. Not today, okay?

[14] His arms envelop me. I tuck my chin into my chest, hold my breath against his sour stench. The sheets have to be changed. There is the laundry to do, plantanos to boil for lunch.

[15] What would I do without you, Ana?

[16] You'd go to Caridad and make her happy, I want to say. Just go to her, already.

[17] I'm nothing without you, my Ana.
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[18] I focus on my breath. On the baby growing in complete darkness, incubating in a similar heat to Los Guayacanes. My daughter and me, one day running along the water, over the rocks, picking up large pink shells... My bare feet making footprints, ash-white from the saltwater. My baby's thick curls, her big Cancion eyes asking me to name the palm trees...
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Which of the following BEST analyzes Juan's actions in lines 1-10?

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If a reader wanted to argue that lines 1-10 are Juan attempting to convince himself that he needs to commit to Ana and this baby, which of the following would be the BEST supporting evidence?

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What MOOD is the author attempting to set by adding lines 18? Select all that apply.

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Using specific details from the book, characterize Marisela.

Is her friendship with Ana real OR a form of manipulation? What would it mean for Ana to have true friendship with someone like Marisela? OR what would it mean for Ana to be manipulated by yet another person in her life? Explain.