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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happened when the father heard Yolanda's school speech?
2. What was the mother always doing in her spare time in America?
3. What year did Yolanda meet Rudy?
4. After Yolanda and her father disagreed over her school speech, what gift did her father bring home to her?
5. What do the sisters blindfold their dad with when they play a game?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.?
2. What does Yolanda think when she sees the snow falling? Where does she get this idea?
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 did Yolanda like Sister Zoe so much? What did the nun do to make Yolanda feel welcome and important?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. What did the girls' father say about having all girls? Do you think he really felt this way?
8. What is the response by the aunts to Yolanda's wish to take a drive in the country? Why do they all react this way? What do they warn Yolanda about?
9. 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?
10. Why were the girls not supportive of their mother's inventions? Why did they not take them seriously?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do all the servants who work for the family have wild backgrounds? Why do some of the servants dabble in voodoo or magic? How does all this relate to Sandi curing one of the servant's children and the sculptor using her face as the face of the Virgin Mary? What does this say about the society at large on the island?
Essay Topic 2
Why does the author describe the aunts in dresses of mourning and uncles who disappear from family gatherings, but the children never seem to notice? Does it mean that these men are dead or in prison? Why does the author never explain? Is she telling it from a child's point-of-view and the children don't notice the missing men?
Essay Topic 3
What is symbolic about the toys that grandmother returns with from New York? Why does she always bring gifts? Do you think she feels guilty about the children being born into a family that is in danger? Explain your answer.
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