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

2. What did Rudy try to get Yolanda to do?
(a) Buy him a car.
(b) Sleep with him.
(c) Do his homework.
(d) Give him money.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of lists did John make?

2. What was the title of the autobiographical paper that the oldest daughter wrote?

3. What colors did the mother use for her color code?

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

5. What name do the sisters give to Otto?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Carla embarrassed to tell the police officers what happened to her on her walk home from school?

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

3. How does Sister Zoe explain what snow is? Why is this explanation important to Yolanda?

4. What does Yolanda see in her sleep every night? What does this mean? She continues to see the same image after they move to America and as an adult? What does Yolanda think it is?

5. What is Rudy trying to teach Yolanda with his sonnets? Why does he choose this approach?

6. When the father returns from the U.S. what is he discussing with his wife? Why are they talking about the skyrocketing prices in the U.S.?

7. How is Yolanda viewed by the other people on the island? How does the owner of the cantina see her? The boy? The workers who help her with her car?

8. What was the mother missing about Yolanda's poetry? When she went to the readings, what did she think she was hearing?

9. During the Christmas party, the mother comes by Carla's room and looks in on her. Who is the mother with? What does this say about her relationship with her family? How important is the extended family to the mother?

10. What does it tell the reader to know that the de la Torres compound is next to the palacio of the dictator's daughter? Does this mean that grandfather is an important man? Why? Why not?

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