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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Drum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Yolanda think snow was when she first saw it?
(a) Fallout from an atomic bomb.
(b) It was a ticker-tape parade.
(c) It was paper falling from the sky.
(d) She knew it was snow.

2. What did Yolanda ask the stranger outside the coal shed?
(a) "Are you the dictator?"
(b) "Do you live next door?"
(c) "Are you a hunter?"
(d) "Can you play with a brand-new kitten?"

3. What does Yolanda want to find and eat on the island in the first chapter?
(a) A hot dog.
(b) Avocados.
(c) Guavas.
(d) Pineapples.

4. Why did Yolanda like her 4th grade teacher so much?
(a) She spoke Spanish.
(b) She didn't make Yolanda do any work.
(c) She was pretty.
(d) She said that Yolanda was a pretty name.

5. What is the mother's first name?
(a) Carla.
(b) Laura.
(c) Franny.
(d) Rosemary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What speech was Yolanda asked to deliver at school that her mother helped her with?

2. What did Mundin want Yolanda to show him as a trade for the clay?

3. What did Papito, the grandfather, do to make the government not like him very much?

4. What did people from the island think of people from Haiti?

5. What did the stranger outside the coal shed recommend to Yolanda?

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