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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Lucinda and Mundin take the sisters to show them a good time?
(a) To an arcade.
(b) To a cantina.
(c) To Motel Los Encantos, a whore house.
(d) To a dance hall.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Yolanda want to find and eat on the island in the first chapter?

3. Who found the stash of marijuana?

4. What village does Yolanda find herself in in the opening chapter of the book?

5. When Rudy and Yolanda wrote together, what was the outcome?

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