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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 saying did the father say about having four girls?
(a) '"Good bulls sire cows."
(b) "We need a rooster."
(c) "Good chickens have chicks."
(d) "Girls are worthless."

2. What did Sofia's father find in her room when she was young woman that caused a stir?
(a) Love letters from her beau.
(b) Cigarettes.
(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 nicknames does the grandfather give to the baby?
(a) Bad boy.
(b) Chiquita.
(c) Little Prince.
(d) Charles the Fifth, Charles Dickens, Prince Charles.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the first chapter of the novel, what does Yolanda want to do that shocks her relatives?

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

4. What hangs from the belts of the two men who help Yolanda when her car breaks down?

5. What was the title of the autobiographical paper that the oldest daughter wrote?

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