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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 is the shape of the cake at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The U.S.
(b) Round.
(c) Square.
(d) The island.

2. What did Sofia's father find in her room when she was young woman that caused a stir?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Love letters from her beau.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Liquor.

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

4. 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."

5. What did Carla do to make the sneakers red?
(a) Dyed them red.
(b) Painted them with red nail polish.
(c) Cut her finger and dyed them with her blood.
(d) Painted them with spray paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the mother says there are now 6 girls, who is she referring to?

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

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

4. Who appeared at all of Yolanda's poetry readings?

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

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