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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the shape of the cake at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Square.
(b) The U.S.
(c) Round.
(d) The island.

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

5. How many years pass when Yolanda and Rudy meet later in life?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 25 years.

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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 dress better.
(d) To learn to do hair and makeup.

12. When the mother was confronted by a salesclerk in a store, how did she put them off?
(a) She did not put them off, but bought everything in sight.
(b) She told them she would have to talk purchases over with her husband.
(c) She told them she cannot speak English.
(d) She told them she had no money.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the sisters blindfold their dad with when they play a game?

3. What happens when the father is offended at the party?

4. Where were the girls when the marijuana was found?

5. What speech was Yolanda asked to deliver at school that her mother helped her with?

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