Parts 1-2

Reading Check

1. Eleven (Part 1)

2. Teresa (Part 1)

3. A hotel (Part 1)

4. César (Part 2)

5. The bodega (Part 2)

6. Malcolm X (Part 2)

Short Answer

1. Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo has just been assassinated, and there is a lot of uncertainty in Ana’s community as a result. (Part 1)

2. Ana thinks that Teresa is being unwise and that she should pursue her romance with El Guardia in a more proper and aboveboard way. (Part 1)

3. Ana suspects that Juan does not really want to marry her and that his brothers are pressuring him to propose so that they can get closer to a deal to buy her father’s land. (Part 1)

4. Mamá is asking Ana whether she is cute and harmless like a manatee or dangerous and powerful like a shark. (Part 2)

5. The apartment is dirty and smells bad, which demonstrates that Juan is lazy about taking care of his environment and thinks that this is a woman’s job.