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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. What is the meaning of the Spanish word "maldita" (245)?

2. What is the last name of Marie and Clair?

3. In what location does the chapter entitled "The Night Watchman" take place?

4. Who is the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?

5. Which of Yo's family members loses an election in the Dominican Republic after Dexter's visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what type of group do Yo and Tammy meet?

2. In what way is the theme of rebirth demonstrated within the chapter entitled "The Landlady"?

3. To what phrase does Yo have a strong reaction during her conversation with Jose?

4. What observation of Yo's causes Tammy to burst into tears within the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?

5. Discuss Dexter's metaphor of the caged "bright bird" (204).

6. Name at least three narrators of the chapter entitled "The Wedding Guests."

7. How does Alvarez depict the effects of the cycle of abuse within the novel?

8. In what way does the theme of racial prejudice arise within the first conversation between Marie and Yo?

9. Name three different reasons Jose wants to give his next child to Yo.

10. For what reason does Yo come to join Tammy in bed within the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Determine Alvarez's message within her novel Yo! regarding the idea that some coping methods are more effective than others when dealing with conflict or stress.

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Alvarez’s purpose of creating vivid characters.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's messages about guilt and responsibility within Julia Alvarez's novel Yo!.

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