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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Lucinda look like?
(a) Like Yolanda.
(b) Like a boy.
(c) Like her mother.
(d) A Dominican magazine model.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did the mother engage in a conversation with at the hospital?

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

4. What does Yolanda want to find and eat on the island in the first chapter?

5. Why did Yolanda's parents become concerned about her?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mrs. Garcia makes a plate of food for the men in her house, what does she do to assure them that the food is okay?

2. In the first chapter, why is the boy crying on the side of the road? Why would nobody believe him when he went for help? What does this say about the country?

3. How does Carla react when she is asked by her father to keep a secret about how Mrs. Fanning kissed him?

4. What is the code that Mrs. Garcia sends to Don Victor via Chino? What does it mean? Is this also part of the safety plan?

5. Why were the girls not supportive of their mother's inventions? Why did they not take them seriously?

6. How does Mr. Fanning react to his wife's drinking? What is the reaction of the girls' mother? Why does she react this way?

7. Why are the girls so mortified by Sofia's boyfriend? What do they see happening to their sister? What will this mean in their own lives?

8. Explain the significance of the cake. What does each candle represent? Is there another meaning to the cake?

9. Why will Yolanda's mother not let her bang the drum? Why would she allow such a toy and then put limits on it? Does this confuse Yolanda? Why?

10. How were the girls affected by their mother dressing them all alike, but in different colors? Why did they refer to it as "assembly-line" mentality?

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