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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. When Yolanda buys a personalized key chain, what name does she pick?
(a) JoJo.
(b) Joey.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Janice.
2. What kind of flowers did John bring home to Yolanda?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Roses.
(c) Irises.
(d) Wildflowers.
3. How did Yolanda meet Rudy Elmenhurst?
(a) At lunch.
(b) In a college English class.
(c) At a frat party.
(d) He came to her door one night.
4. How much does Yolanda pay her young helper in the first chapter?
(a) More than a dollar.
(b) 6 dollars.
(c) 50 cents.
(d) 10 dollars.
5. What was the mother always doing in her spare time in America?
(a) Going to museums.
(b) Inventing things.
(c) Ironing.
(d) Reading.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Yolanda want to find and eat on the island in the first chapter?
2. What did Sofia's father find in her room when she was young woman that caused a stir?
3. What was the title of the autobiographical paper that the oldest daughter wrote?
4. What hangs from the belts of the two men who help Yolanda when her car breaks down?
5. What does the cantina owner offer Yolanda to drink?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Yolanda lose the drumsticks?
2. How were the mother's inventions an important part of her American life? What did this say about her ambitions for herself?
3. Who is the man with the dog that Yolanda meets by the coal shed? Is he really a hunter as her aunt says? If he is a hunter, then why do they call the police when they hear gunshots?
4. What is Rudy trying to teach Yolanda with his sonnets? Why does he choose this approach?
5. How does Sister Zoe explain what snow is? Why is this explanation important to Yolanda?
6. Why did Yolanda like Sister Zoe so much? What did the nun do to make Yolanda feel welcome and important?
7. Why does Sofia give her father the wet kiss in his ear? What is she trying to prove to her father? Why does this anger her father?
8. Who are the Guardia? What do they do when they come to the de la Torres compound? Why do they take the actions that they do?
9. Who is Yolanda talking to when she tells the story of John? Why is this important?
10. Whose face is on the statue at the National Cathedral? Who carved the statue? What is Sandi's reaction to seeing her own face reflected back at her?
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