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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Still Lives.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Manual Gustavo related to the girls?
(a) He is an uncle.
(b) He is a third cousin.
(c) He is a long-lost brother.
(d) He is a cousin.

2. On the island, what was different about the patio where men and women sit and talk?
(a) The patio had a mosquito net.
(b) The patio had uncomfortable furniture.
(c) The patio needed painting.
(d) The patio was segregated, men on one side, women on the other.

3. Where were the girls when the marijuana was found?
(a) Away at school.
(b) Travelling abroad.
(c) On the island.
(d) In their room.

4. Who was the father's favorite artist to see when he went to the museum?
(a) El Greco.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Monet.
(d) Goya.

5. Who helps Yolanda find the food she wants?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) One of her cousins.
(c) Jose Duarte, Sanchez y Mella, the grandson of the woman who runs the cantina.
(d) The workmen who stop to help her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As adults, what do the daughters still come home for?

3. Why did John call Yolanda Violet?

4. Why is Sofia throwing the party for her father?

5. What happened to the Human Body at the end of the chapter?

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