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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the hidden agenda behind the four girls spending summers in the Dominican Republic?
(a) To marry Dominican boys.
(b) To learn to do hair and makeup.
(c) To learn to dress better.
(d) To know Dominican ways for women.

2. When the mother said the girls were going to make her crazy, where did she say she would end up?
(a) On the streets.
(b) In the river.
(c) Back on the island.
(d) In Belleview.

3. What was the country's slogan in the Dominican Republic?
(a) "Country pride."
(b) "Become wealthy with Trujillo."
(c) "Trujillo is your friend."
(d) "God and Trujillo are taking care of you."

4. When the mother was confronted by a salesclerk in a store, how did she put them off?
(a) She did not put them off, but bought everything in sight.
(b) She told them she would have to talk purchases over with her husband.
(c) She told them she had no money.
(d) She told them she cannot speak English.

5. What did Papito, the grandfather, do to make the government not like him very much?
(a) He resigned his United Nations post.
(b) He rebelled against the government.
(c) He joined the CIA.
(d) He staged a takeover of the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose face appeared on the Virgin sculpture?

2. Why was Yolanda so pleased with the speech she wrote for school?

3. What did Carla think of the yearly celebration of coming to America?

4. What was the title of the autobiographical paper that the oldest daughter wrote?

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

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