View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who found the stash of marijuana?
(a) The Cuban super.
(b) The maid Primitiva.
(c) The girls' mother.
(d) The girls' father.

2. When Rudy and Yolanda wrote together, what was the outcome?
(a) A pornographic poem.
(b) An amazing story about a young girl.
(c) They got nothing done.
(d) A beautiful sonnet.

3. On the island, what was different about the patio where men and women sit and talk?
(a) The patio had uncomfortable furniture.
(b) The patio was segregated, men on one side, women on the other.
(c) The patio needed painting.
(d) The patio had a mosquito net.

4. What did Sandi think she was turning into?
(a) Yolanda.
(b) A dog.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A flea.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the mother dress her daughters when they were small?

3. What name do the sisters give to Otto?

4. When the mother says there are now 6 girls, who is she referring to?

5. What saying did the father say about having four girls?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the girls' father say about having all girls? Do you think he really felt this way?

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

4. 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?

5. When Rudy and Yolanda meet years later, how is Yolanda different? Is she different? Is her reaction to Rudy different from when she was young? Why?

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

7. What is the significance of the electric typewriter? What does it mean to Yolanda? To her mother? To her father?

8. 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?

9. How does Carla view the celebration dinner for the family's first American year? Why do the parents view it differently from the kids? What is this telling the reader?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 993 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample