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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. At what age had the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" been sent "to the States to school" (37) by her parents?
2. For what reason does Yo reject the reward she receives in part as a result of Garfield's letter?
3. When the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that the Garcia girls had always fled the Dominican Republic prior to what month, which month does she name?
4. Who had ended up reading Yo's journal, resulting in the cancellation of Yo's cousin's college plans at the hands of Yo's cousin's parents?
5. During the time Sarita's mother works for the Garcias before sending for Sarita, how many times is Sarita's mother able to visit her?
Short Essay Questions
1. Provide three points along the timeline of Sarita's childhood and adolescence.
2. What is the significance of the phrase "You are the one who knows" (125) throughout the text?
3. For what reason does the Prologue's narrator say that she no longer enjoys reading novels?
4. In what way does the theme of marginalization arise within the Prologue?
5. In what way does the narrator of the Prologue deceive one of her sisters within the narrative?
6. With which of her four daughters does Mami not get along?
7. What action does Mami threaten to take against Yo within the Prologue?
8. What example does the narrator of the Prologue give for the type of details Yo had revealed on the radio show?
9. What event occurs in the Garcia household that causes Mami to start taking Valium and sleeping pills?
10. Who includes a special note for Sarita on the back of a photograph she sends to the Dominican Republic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the theme of family bonds within Julia Alvarez's novel Yo!. What is Alvarez's message regarding family bonds and how do you know?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Julia Alvarez's novel Yo! and analyze the author's purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how and why the author instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Julia Alvarez's novel Yo!.
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