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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) 1969.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1968.

2. 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.

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

4. What village does Yolanda find herself in in the opening chapter of the book?
(a) Guava.
(b) El Pepito.
(c) Little Domingo.
(d) Altamira.

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

6. Who helps Yolanda find the food she wants?
(a) The workmen who stop to help her.
(b) Jose Duarte, Sanchez y Mella, the grandson of the woman who runs the cantina.
(c) One of her cousins.
(d) Her uncle.

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

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

9. What did the other students at the American school think of the background of the sisters?
(a) They thought they were cool.
(b) They thought they were related to a dictator.
(c) They thought their skin was too dark.
(d) They thought they were stupid.

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

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

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

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

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

15. How did the mother dress her daughters when they were small?
(a) Like boys.
(b) Differently to tell them apart.
(c) In the same color dresses.
(d) All alike but in different colors.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the novel, how do the aunts and cousins view Yolanda?

2. What is Yolanda's name in Spanish?

3. In the American school, who was the Hoover girl?

4. What happens to Sofia's father as the evening wears on at the party?

5. What did Carla do to make the sneakers red?

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