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

2. Which sister has a baby?
(a) Sandi.
(b) Yolanda.
(c) Sofia.
(d) Carla.

3. How much does Yolanda pay her young helper in the first chapter?
(a) 6 dollars.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 10 dollars.
(d) More than a dollar.

4. What does Lucinda look like?
(a) Like a boy.
(b) Like her mother.
(c) Like Yolanda.
(d) A Dominican magazine model.

5. At the beginning of the novel, how do the aunts and cousins view Yolanda?
(a) Like a professional woman.
(b) Like a Peace Corps girl who has let herself go.
(c) Like a young Spanish princess.
(d) Like a hippie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name do the sisters give to Otto?

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

3. As adults, what do the daughters still come home for?

4. What happens when the father is offended at the party?

5. What did the mother always call the girls?

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