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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Yolanda almost get her dad killed?

2. What did Yolanda tell Mundin's mother when they were caught in the coal shed?

3. What did Sandi want as a souvenir from the restaurant?

4. Where did the Garcias live when they first arrived in New York?

5. What game did the cousins play on the patio after their morning swim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do you think this story would be different had the family never moved to the U.S.? What would have happened to the father? Do you think the grandfather had the political muscle to help the father and allow him to stay on the island? Why? Why not?

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

If the key to life is happiness, who is happy at the end of the novel? Who do you think made the transition to America with the greatest ease? Why?

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