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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 village does Yolanda find herself in in the opening chapter of the book?
(a) El Pepito.
(b) Little Domingo.
(c) Altamira.
(d) Guava.

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

3. What saying did the father say about having four girls?
(a) "We need a rooster."
(b) "Girls are worthless."
(c) "Good chickens have chicks."
(d) '"Good bulls sire cows."

4. What did Rudy ask Yolanda to borrow the first time he spoke to her?
(a) Her lunch.
(b) A pen.
(c) Paper.
(d) A cookie.

5. What nicknames does the grandfather give to the baby?
(a) Little Prince.
(b) Charles the Fifth, Charles Dickens, Prince Charles.
(c) Bad boy.
(d) Chiquita.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yolanda buys a personalized key chain, what name does she pick?

2. What did the other students at the American school think of the background of the sisters?

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

4. In the first chapter of the novel, what does Yolanda want to do that shocks her relatives?

5. What is tacked to the central post in the cantina where Yolanda stops?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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. When Sandi falls and breaks her arm who carries her to safety? Why does Sandi cling to this person? What mixed emotions are played out in this scene?

4. Why does Chucha not think it is a good idea for Carla to be back in the maid's room? What does this say about the relationships between the servants and the family?

5. How did the girls' mother view finding the marijuana? What does this symbolize for the mother?

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

7. Why are the boys not interested in Yolanda once she gets to college? What changed between high school and college?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. What is the significance of the father asking for a cab to go to dinner?

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