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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: "The Maid's Daughter"- Part II: "The Caretakers".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Carlos related to the narrator of the Prologue?
(a) He is her husband.
(b) He is her son.
(c) He is her brother.
(d) He is her uncle.

2. When the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that the Garcia girls had always fled the Dominican Republic prior to what month, which month does she name?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) March.

3. What is the first name of Garfield's lover Matthews?
(a) Jeffrey.
(b) Mark.
(c) Timothy.
(d) Carlos.

4. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that "the hardest thing coming to this country" had actually been what element?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Language.
(c) Getting a job.
(d) Winter.

5. Who had ended up reading Yo's journal, resulting in the cancellation of Yo's cousin's college plans at the hands of Yo's cousin's parents?
(a) Yo's sister.
(b) Yo's mother.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) Yo's boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season had the Garcia girls always spent in the Dominican Republic, according to the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin"?

2. Over the years, Yo has sent Garfield what two types of literature?

3. Yo is said to be the same age as which member of Garfield's family?

4. During the time Sarita's mother works for the Garcias before sending for Sarita, how many times is Sarita's mother able to visit her?

5. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" states, "Nights, I was up to" how many "sleeping pills to numb myself into a few hours of the skimpiest sleep" (25)?

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