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Chapters 1-4
Reading Check
1. Manuel (Chapter 1)
Short Answer
1. She thinks her mother wants to tell her that she will have to babysit Frankie. (Chapter 2)
2. They are afraid they will get into trouble for going out, because Sonia told them to stay inside. (Chapter 3)
Chapters 5-8
Reading Check
1. She wants Lucia to pick up medicine for Frankie’s fever. (Chapter 6)
Short Answer
1. Lucia sees her father pry up a floor tile and hide their family’s savings under it. (Chapter 5)
2. Ivette wants Lucia to borrow some of her mother’s jewelry for the dance. (Chapter 8)
Chapters 9-12
Reading Check
1. her diamond earrings (Chapter 12)
Short Answer
1. He tells her that “you’ve just got to say what they want to hear” (106). (Chapter 10)
2. She thinks that Ivette must have betrayed her by telling the secret about the valuables under the floor. (Chapter 11)
Chapters 13-16
Reading Check
1. a red umbrella (Chapter 15)
Short Answer
1. The soldiers have taken the family’s savings and Lucia’s father has lost his job.
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