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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the father is offended at the party?
(a) He leaves immediately.
(b) He puts a stop to the game and the party is over.
(c) He silently gets up and leaves.
(d) He loses his temper and yells at the girls.

2. Who does Manual Gustavo look like?
(a) The dictator.
(b) Papi.
(c) Mr. Fanning.
(d) President Kennedy.

3. What do the sisters blindfold their dad with when they play a game?
(a) A kitchen towel.
(b) The baby's blanket.
(c) A baby's coat.
(d) A handkerchief.

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

5. What was the mother always doing in her spare time in America?
(a) Ironing.
(b) Inventing things.
(c) Going to museums.
(d) Reading.

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

7. What nicknames does the grandfather give to the baby?
(a) Little Prince.
(b) Chiquita.
(c) Charles the Fifth, Charles Dickens, Prince Charles.
(d) Bad boy.

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

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

10. Who did the mother engage in a conversation with at the hospital?
(a) A young father whose wife just had a baby.
(b) A nurse.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her daughter.

11. In the first chapter of the novel, what does Yolanda want to do that shocks her relatives?
(a) Swim naked in the pool.
(b) Take a jog in the city.
(c) Take a drive by herself.
(d) Sunbathe in the back yard.

12. What does Sofia do that offends her father?
(a) Runs her tongue in his ear.
(b) Puts a sloppy kiss on his head.
(c) Puts her finger in his ear.
(d) Sings a song with naughty lyrics.

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

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

15. Who was the father's favorite artist to see when he went to the museum?
(a) El Greco.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Monet.
(d) Goya.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. As adults, what do the daughters still come home for?

4. What did the mother always call the girls?

5. What did Rudy bring to Yolanda when they met later in life?

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