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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Four Girls.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the candles on the cake represent?
(a) The 5 girls cousins.
(b) The 5 years Yolanda has been gone.
(c) The 5 aunts and their families.
(d) The 5 cities where relatives live.

2. What was the title of the autobiographical paper that the oldest daughter wrote?
(a) "My Mother, the Saint."
(b) "How I Hated my Mother."
(c) "I Was There Too."
(d) "How my Mother Hovered."

3. What village does Yolanda find herself in in the opening chapter of the book?
(a) Altamira.
(b) Guava.
(c) Little Domingo.
(d) El Pepito.

4. What invitation did the mother give to the person she met at the hospital?
(a) She invited him to name the baby.
(b) She invited him to hold her grandchild.
(c) She invited him to lunch.
(d) She invited him to dinner.

5. Who did the mother engage in a conversation with at the hospital?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A young father whose wife just had a baby.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the mother dress her daughters when they were small?

2. Which sister is considered the "plain one?"

3. What did Carla do to make the sneakers red?

4. At the beginning of the novel, how do the aunts and cousins view Yolanda?

5. What does the cantina owner offer Yolanda to drink?

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