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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. Who helps Yolanda find the food she wants?
2. What is tacked to the central post in the cantina where Yolanda stops?
3. What village does Yolanda find herself in in the opening chapter of the book?
4. How is Manual Gustavo related to the girls?
5. What is the mother's first name?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why is Carla embarrassed to tell the police officers what happened to her on her walk home from school?
3. 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?
4. What did the girls' father say about having all girls? Do you think he really felt this way?
5. When do the daughters return home? Why is it important for the daughters to return without their husbands? What does this say about their father? The girls?
6. How were the mother's inventions an important part of her American life? What did this say about her ambitions for herself?
7. 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?
8. Why is the mother not offended by Yolanda's speech, but her father is?
9. What did Sister Zoe tell the students about the Cuban Missile Crisis? How much description did she give to the kids? Why?
10. How does Mr. Fanning react to his wife's drinking? What is the reaction of the girls' mother? Why does she react this way?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
At the end of the story, as Yolanda describes the cat that haunts her dreams, do you sense that Yolanda is completely sane? Why? Why not? What does the end of the story tell us about Yolanda's future? Will she overcome her demons and live a normal life or will she always be haunted by the cat and everything it symbolizes?
Essay Topic 3
What is the relationship between the servants and the family on the island? Does this change once they reach the States? Why? Why not? How do the children relate to the servants? Is their relationship different from the parents? Why?
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