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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the hidden agenda behind the four girls spending summers in the Dominican Republic?
(a) To marry Dominican boys.
(b) To know Dominican ways for women.
(c) To learn to do hair and makeup.
(d) To learn to dress better.

2. What was the punishment for the owner of the marijuana?
(a) To marry a man of her mother's choosing.
(b) To return home immediately.
(c) To stay on the Island with the family.
(d) To get a job and work off her debt to her parents.

3. Who appeared at all of Yolanda's poetry readings?
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) Her sisters.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

4. What year did Yolanda meet Rudy?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1967.

5. When Rudy and Yolanda wrote together, what was the outcome?
(a) A pornographic poem.
(b) They got nothing done.
(c) A beautiful sonnet.
(d) An amazing story about a young girl.

6. 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 trying to embarrass her.
(c) Her mother was cool.
(d) Her mother was a terrible writer.

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

8. Where were the girls when the marijuana was found?
(a) Travelling abroad.
(b) Away at school.
(c) In their room.
(d) On the island.

9. What happened when the father heard Yolanda's school speech?
(a) He took the girls out to dinner in celebration.
(b) He was angry thinking Yolanda had insulted the teachers.
(c) He told the mother to bake a cake.
(d) He was thrilled with the speech.

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

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

12. What is tacked to the central post in the cantina where Yolanda stops?
(a) The menu.
(b) A poster of Palmolive soap.
(c) A no trespassing sign.
(d) A Coca-Cola poster.

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

14. What kind of lists did John make?
(a) Grocery lists.
(b) For and against lists.
(c) Flaw lists.
(d) Lists of names.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What hangs from the belts of the two men who help Yolanda when her car breaks down?

3. How did Yolanda tell John she was leaving him?

4. What did Sofia's father find in her room when she was young woman that caused a stir?

5. What did Rudy ask Yolanda to borrow the first time he spoke to her?

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