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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 to the speech that Yolanda wrote for school?
2. Where were the girls when the marijuana was found?
3. What does Lucinda look like?
4. What village does Yolanda find herself in in the opening chapter of the book?
5. Who found the stash of marijuana?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. Why did Yolanda like Sister Zoe so much? What did the nun do to make Yolanda feel welcome and important?
4. Why is the mother not offended by Yolanda's speech, but her father is?
5. What is Rudy trying to teach Yolanda with his sonnets? Why does he choose this approach?
6. 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?
7. What happens to Carla when she enters the new school? Why is she not accepted? Why does she not complain?
8. 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?
9. 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.?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
How do you think being raised around all men with machismo affected the girls in their lives? How do they end up viewing men like their father and other men from the island? Are they attracted to men like this in later life? What about Otto? Does he possess these same qualities?
Essay Topic 3
It seems that every member of the family must overcome a mental problem. Are all the problems the same or do they manifest differently? Why? Do you think their mental issues are caused by the trauma in their family and their move to the U.S.? Why? Do you feel, at the end of the story, that the problems still exist? Why?
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