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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was Yolanda so pleased with the speech she wrote for school?
(a) Because her father liked it.
(b) She felt she was a rebel.
(c) She wrote the speech in Spanish.
(d) She finally sounded like herself in English.

5. What speech was Yolanda asked to deliver at school that her mother helped her with?
(a) All Saint Day address.
(b) The President's address.
(c) Christopher Columbus Day address.
(d) The Teacher's Day address.

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

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

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

9. What was the title of the autobiographical paper that the oldest daughter wrote?
(a) "How my Mother Hovered."
(b) "How I Hated my Mother."
(c) "I Was There Too."
(d) "My Mother, the Saint."

10. Why is Sofia throwing the party for her father?
(a) It's her turn.
(b) To reconcile.
(c) Because she loves him.
(d) She wants to see her mother.

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

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

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

14. What are the names the girls called their mother to make fun of her leisure activity?
(a) Thomas Edison Mami, Benjamin Franklin Mom.
(b) Mami the inventor.
(c) Mami Kodak.
(d) Statue of Liberty Mami.

15. What did the girls take turns being?
(a) The troublemaker.
(b) The prettiest.
(c) Daddy's favorite.
(d) The wildest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucinda look like?

2. What did the mother always call the girls?

3. Which sister is considered the "plain one?"

4. What was the hidden agenda behind the four girls spending summers in the Dominican Republic?

5. Who was the father's favorite artist to see when he went to the museum?

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