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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Yolanda seated in her 4th grade class?
(a) In the back of the class.
(b) Off to the side.
(c) In the front facing the class.
(d) In a special seat in the front row.

2. What did Mrs. Fanning do after the dancers were almost finished with their floor show?
(a) She jumped up and joined in with the dancing.
(b) She tipped the dancers.
(c) She invited the dancers to the table.
(d) She applauded loudly.

3. Why was Yolanda seated differently than the other children in her 4th grade class?
(a) The teacher wanted to embarrass her.
(b) Because she was the only immigrant and the teacher needed to tutor her without disturbing the other students.
(c) The teacher grouped Yolanda with the nice kids.
(d) The teacher wanted the other kids to like Yolanda.

4. What happened to Sandi's ability to paint?
(a) Her arm healed straight, but she lost interest in painting.
(b) She became a painter and majored in art at college.
(c) Her arm healed and she painted for another month or so.
(d) Her arm healed crooked and she never painted again.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the girls take turns being?

2. How did Yolanda tell John she was leaving him?

3. What did the Garcias do each year to celebrate coming to America?

4. In the American school, who was the Hoover girl?

5. What did Yolanda tell Mundin's mother when they were caught in the coal shed?

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