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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. For what reason does Yo reject the reward she receives in part as a result of Garfield's letter?
(a) Her mother becomes ill.
(b) She gets married.
(c) She does not want to accept charity.
(d) She gets pregnant.

2. What does the second sister to call the narrator of the Prologue reveal during their phone call?
(a) She has cancer.
(b) She is moving back to the Dominican Republic.
(c) She has been awarded a grant.
(d) She is pregnant.

3. In the chapter entitled "The Mother" carries with it what subtitle two spaces below the chapter title?
(a) Fiction.
(b) Point of view.
(c) Characterization.
(d) Nonfiction.

4. About what subject had Yo continually written in her journal as a teen, according to the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin"?
(a) The narrator's boyfriend Rory.
(b) The narrator's boyfriend Roe.
(c) The narrator's boyfriend George.
(d) The narrator's boyfriend Mike.

5. When Yo sends Garfield works of literature, who is always the author?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Milton.
(c) Donne.
(d) Yo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what New York City borough does the Garcia family live?

2. For how many years has Professor Garfield known Yo?

3. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that everyone had told her that "the hardest thing coming to this country" (21) would be what?

4. Garfield intends to take what action at the end of the current school year?

5. Who writes a report about Sarita's position as a young woman positioned between two socioeconomic classes?

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