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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sofia's father find in her room when she was young woman that caused a stir?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Love letters from her beau.

2. What does the girls' father give to the girls when they return home?
(a) Praise.
(b) Presents from the island.
(c) Kisses.
(d) Money.

3. How is Manual Gustavo related to the girls?
(a) He is a long-lost brother.
(b) He is a cousin.
(c) He is an uncle.
(d) He is a third cousin.

4. Why did Sandra end up in a mental institution?
(a) She called her mother and she couldn't stop crying.
(b) She wrote a disturbing letter home.
(c) She got really fat.
(d) She tried to starve herself to death.

5. 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 girls cousins.
(d) The 5 aunts and their families.

6. At the beginning of the novel, how do the aunts and cousins view Yolanda?
(a) Like a Peace Corps girl who has let herself go.
(b) Like a professional woman.
(c) Like a hippie.
(d) Like a young Spanish princess.

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

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

9. What does the father finally end up doing in New York that gives him professional success?
(a) He is a doctor at Centro de Medicina in the Bronx.
(b) He becomes a college professor.
(c) He works in a clinic downtown.
(d) He returns to school and becomes a banker.

10. What did Rudy try to get Yolanda to do?
(a) Give him money.
(b) Sleep with him.
(c) Buy him a car.
(d) Do his homework.

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

12. What colors did the mother use for her color code?
(a) Purple, yellow, pink and red.
(b) Green, blue, rose and black.
(c) Yellow, blue, pink and white.
(d) Green, yellow, blue and pink.

13. As adults, what do the daughters still come home for?
(a) A birth.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A visit from island relatives.
(d) Their father's birthday.

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

15. What is Manual Gustavo's biggest flaw?
(a) He is a mini tyrant.
(b) He does not smell good.
(c) He can't drive very well at night.
(d) He does not speak good English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the mother always call the girls?

2. How much does Yolanda pay her young helper in the first chapter?

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

4. What did the girls take turns being?

5. Why was Yolanda so pleased with the speech she wrote for school?

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