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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 mother always doing in her spare time in America?
(a) Inventing things.
(b) Reading.
(c) Going to museums.
(d) Ironing.

2. How did Yolanda tell John she was leaving him?
(a) She wrote a note.
(b) She called him on the phone.
(c) She wrote a sonnet.
(d) She told him to his face.

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

4. What was the punishment for the owner of the marijuana?
(a) To marry a man of her mother's choosing.
(b) To return home immediately.
(c) To stay on the Island with the family.
(d) To get a job and work off her debt to her parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mother's first name?

2. What name do the sisters give to Otto?

3. What did Sofia's father find in her room when she was young woman that caused a stir?

4. In the American school, who was the Hoover girl?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the girls' parents want them to return to the island every summer? Why did they not want them to live in the U.S. as adults?

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

4. 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?

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

6. It is clear from the moment the men in khakis walk up the driveway of the Garcia home that the Garcias have a plan in case of danger. What is their plan and how do they execute it?

7. 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?

8. Why does the father say they fired Gladys? Why is trust so important to this family? How much to they rely on the servants for help?

9. 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?

10. 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.?

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