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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Joe.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Sofia's father as the evening wears on at the party?
(a) He gets drunk and laughs loudly.
(b) He starts singing.
(c) He becomes removed.
(d) He starts kissing all the girls.

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

4. What colors did the mother use for her color code?
(a) Purple, yellow, pink and red.
(b) Yellow, blue, pink and white.
(c) Green, yellow, blue and pink.
(d) Green, blue, rose and black.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What nicknames does the grandfather give to the baby?

5. Who helps Yolanda find the food she wants?

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