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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did John call Yolanda Violet?
(a) That was her least favorite color.
(b) That was her favorite color.
(c) After "shrinking violet" when she started seeing a shrink.
(d) That was her favorite flower.

2. What does the father finally end up doing in New York that gives him professional success?
(a) He returns to school and becomes a banker.
(b) He becomes a college professor.
(c) He is a doctor at Centro de Medicina in the Bronx.
(d) He works in a clinic downtown.

3. Where did the grandparents travel to often?
(a) The Capitol.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) New York.
(d) Madrid.

4. What did Mundin want Yolanda to show him as a trade for the clay?
(a) How she could roll the clay.
(b) Her new book.
(c) That she is a girl.
(d) How she curled her hair.

5. In the American school, who was the Hoover girl?
(a) Her parents owned Hoover Vacuum Cleaner company.
(b) The daughter of J. Edgar Hoover.
(c) A girl on a poster.
(d) Eleanor Hoover, daughter of the mayor of New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yolanda think about the speech her mother wrote for her school program?

2. Which sister has a baby?

3. What does Lucinda look like?

4. What happened to Sandi's ability to paint?

5. Where did Lucinda and Mundin take the sisters to show them a good time?

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