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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Rudy bring to Yolanda when they met later in life?
(a) Chinese food.
(b) A book of sonnets.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A pen.

2. 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 leaves immediately.
(c) He silently gets up and leaves.
(d) He loses his temper and yells at the girls.

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

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

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

6. What shocked Yolanda about the appearance of Rudy's parents?
(a) They didn't look like Rudy.
(b) They looked older than her parents.
(c) His mother had red hair.
(d) They looked so young.

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

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

9. What did Yolanda think about the speech her mother wrote for her school program?
(a) It was her mother's last invention.
(b) Her mother was cool.
(c) Her mother was trying to embarrass her.
(d) Her mother was a terrible writer.

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

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

12. How much does Yolanda pay her young helper in the first chapter?
(a) 6 dollars.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 10 dollars.
(d) More than a dollar.

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

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

15. What kind of flowers did John bring home to Yolanda?
(a) Wildflowers.
(b) Irises.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Roses.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the mother says there are now 6 girls, who is she referring to?

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. How did Yolanda tell John she was leaving him?

5. What was the mother always doing in her spare time in America?

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