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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did John always do with his clothes?
(a) Washed them in the sink.
(b) Folded them neatly.
(c) Placed them over the chair.
(d) Washed them in the bathtub.

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 happened to the speech that Yolanda wrote for school?
(a) Yolanda tore it into pieces.
(b) Her father framed it and put it up on the wall.
(c) Her father tore it into pieces.
(d) Her mother saved it in her personal trunk.

5. What are the names the girls called their mother to make fun of her leisure activity?
(a) Mami Kodak.
(b) Thomas Edison Mami, Benjamin Franklin Mom.
(c) Mami the inventor.
(d) Statue of Liberty Mami.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the punishment for the owner of the marijuana?

2. What did Rudy bring to Yolanda when they met later in life?

3. Who was Yolanda's psychiatrist?

4. Where were the girls when the marijuana was found?

5. What colors did the mother use for her color code?

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