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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocked Yolanda about the appearance of Rudy's parents?
(a) They looked so young.
(b) They looked older than her parents.
(c) His mother had red hair.
(d) They didn't look like Rudy.

2. What was Yolanda and John's relationship like in the beginning?
(a) They were friends.
(b) They were cousins.
(c) He was her teacher.
(d) They were in love.

3. What did Rudy ask Yolanda to borrow the first time he spoke to her?
(a) A cookie.
(b) A pen.
(c) Her lunch.
(d) Paper.

4. What kind of flowers did John bring home to Yolanda?
(a) Irises.
(b) Roses.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Wildflowers.

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

6. Why did John call Yolanda Violet?
(a) After "shrinking violet" when she started seeing a shrink.
(b) That was her favorite color.
(c) That was her favorite flower.
(d) That was her least favorite color.

7. What did the mother always call the girls?
(a) By the color of their dresses.
(b) By their names.
(c) Her babies.
(d) The four girls.

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

9. What did Rudy do the first night he met Yolanda?
(a) Came to her dorm room.
(b) Asked her for a kiss.
(c) Asked her to dinner.
(d) Asked her to a movie.

10. After Yolanda and her father disagreed over her school speech, what gift did her father bring home to her?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Canned peaches.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A new electric typewriter.

11. Who was Yolanda's psychiatrist?
(a) Dr. Tio.
(b) Dr. Payne.
(c) Dr. Elmenhurst.
(d) Dr. Garcia.

12. After college, when did Yolanda see Rudy again?
(a) When she was abroad.
(b) When she was back on the island.
(c) When she was in graduate school.
(d) After she was married with children.

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

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

15. What did Rudy bring to Yolanda when they met later in life?
(a) A pen.
(b) A book of sonnets.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) Chinese food.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the island, what was different about the patio where men and women sit and talk?

2. What is the mother's first name?

3. What did the other students at the American school think of the background of the sisters?

4. What is tacked to the central post in the cantina where Yolanda stops?

5. Who helps Yolanda find the food she wants?

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