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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the assignment that Rudy and Yolanda worked on together?
(a) To write an essay.
(b) To write a book.
(c) To write a sonnet.
(d) To write a speech.

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

3. How did Yolanda meet Rudy Elmenhurst?
(a) He came to her door one night.
(b) At lunch.
(c) At a frat party.
(d) In a college English class.

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

5. In the American school, who was the Hoover girl?
(a) Eleanor Hoover, daughter of the mayor of New York.
(b) The daughter of J. Edgar Hoover.
(c) Her parents owned Hoover Vacuum Cleaner company.
(d) A girl on a poster.

6. What does the cantina owner offer Yolanda to drink?
(a) Tea.
(b) Pepsi.
(c) Coca Cola.
(d) Water.

7. Which sister is considered the "plain one?"
(a) Carla.
(b) Sandi.
(c) Sofia.
(d) Yolanda.

8. What did Sandi think she was turning into?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A flea.
(c) A dog.
(d) Yolanda.

9. What invitation did the mother give to the person she met at the hospital?
(a) She invited him to hold her grandchild.
(b) She invited him to name the baby.
(c) She invited him to lunch.
(d) She invited him to dinner.

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

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

12. What did Yolanda think about the speech her mother wrote for her school program?
(a) It was her mother's last invention.
(b) Her mother was a terrible writer.
(c) Her mother was cool.
(d) Her mother was trying to embarrass her.

13. Why did Yolanda's parents become concerned about her?
(a) She talked all the time.
(b) She started dating her teacher.
(c) She locked herself in her room and wrote.
(d) She wouldn't eat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the mother engage in a conversation with at the hospital?

2. What kind of lists did John make?

3. What shocked Yolanda about the appearance of Rudy's parents?

4. What did the mother always call the girls?

5. What was the title of the autobiographical paper that the oldest daughter wrote?

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