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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 did the mother always call the girls?
(a) The four girls.
(b) Her babies.
(c) By their names.
(d) By the color of their dresses.

2. 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 dinner.
(d) She invited him to lunch.

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

4. In the first chapter of the novel, what does Yolanda want to do that shocks her relatives?
(a) Swim naked in the pool.
(b) Take a jog in the city.
(c) Take a drive by herself.
(d) Sunbathe in the back yard.

5. What is tacked to the central post in the cantina where Yolanda stops?
(a) A no trespassing sign.
(b) A Coca-Cola poster.
(c) A poster of Palmolive soap.
(d) The menu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girls' father give to the girls when they return home?

2. What did Sandi think she was turning into?

3. What is the shape of the cake at the beginning of the novel?

4. What happens to Sofia's father as the evening wears on at the party?

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

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