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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the Garcias went out to dinner with the Fannings, what did the mother tell the girls they were allowed to order as a drink in the restaurant?
(a) Milk or ice water.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coca-Cola.

2. What did Sandi see on Christmas Eve with her family after the art lesson?
(a) All the gifts under the tree.
(b) Their house was ransacked by the secret police.
(c) Don Jose's giants from the workshed.
(d) All her cousins gathered at grandmother and grandfather's.

3. Which cousin was Yolanda paired up with at their home in the Dominican Republic?
(a) Carmencita.
(b) Mundin.
(c) Lucinda.
(d) Gisela.

4. What hangs from the belts of the two men who help Yolanda when her car breaks down?
(a) Guns.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Weed eaters.
(d) Machetes.

5. Who taught at the Catholic school that the girls first attended in New York?
(a) Public school teachers.
(b) Their mother.
(c) One of their aunts.
(d) The Sisters of Charity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did John call Yolanda Violet?

2. What village does Yolanda find herself in in the opening chapter of the book?

3. When Yolanda buys a personalized key chain, what name does she pick?

4. What happened to the other girl cousins and their art lessons?

5. What is the mother's first name?

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