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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Rudy Elmenhurst Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years pass when Yolanda and Rudy meet later in life?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 1 year.

2. What did Carla do to make the sneakers red?
(a) Painted them with red nail polish.
(b) Dyed them red.
(c) Cut her finger and dyed them with her blood.
(d) Painted them with spray paint.

3. Why did Yolanda's parents become concerned about her?
(a) She started dating her teacher.
(b) She talked all the time.
(c) She wouldn't eat.
(d) She locked herself in her room and wrote.

4. At the beginning of the novel, how do the aunts and cousins view Yolanda?
(a) Like a Peace Corps girl who has let herself go.
(b) Like a hippie.
(c) Like a professional woman.
(d) Like a young Spanish princess.

5. What happens to Sofia's father as the evening wears on at the party?
(a) He starts kissing all the girls.
(b) He gets drunk and laughs loudly.
(c) He starts singing.
(d) He becomes removed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the candles on the cake represent?

2. What does Yolanda want to find and eat on the island in the first chapter?

3. Who appeared at all of Yolanda's poetry readings?

4. What does Lucinda look like?

5. What did Rudy ask Yolanda to borrow the first time he spoke to her?

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