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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Human Body.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the grandmother supervise religiously?
(a) Her daughters.
(b) The grandfather's diet.
(c) Her grandchildren.
(d) Her travel plans.

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

3. When the mother said the girls were going to make her crazy, where did she say she would end up?
(a) Back on the island.
(b) In the river.
(c) In Belleview.
(d) On the streets.

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

5. What did Mrs. Fanning do after the dancers were almost finished with their floor show?
(a) She tipped the dancers.
(b) She invited the dancers to the table.
(c) She jumped up and joined in with the dancing.
(d) She applauded loudly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when the father heard Yolanda's school speech?

2. Which cousin was Yolanda paired up with at their home in the Dominican Republic?

3. Why is Sofia throwing the party for her father?

4. On their last day in the Dominican Republic what were the girls allowed to take with them to the U.S.?

5. What is the shape of the cake at the beginning of the novel?

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