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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. Whose ashes does Garfield keep in a box inside his garden?
(a) His ex-wife's.
(b) Matthews's.
(c) His mother's.
(d) His father's.

2. 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)?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. What object does the son of the Prologue's narrator want to take to school for show and tell?
(a) His uncle's newest novel.
(b) His mother's newest novel.
(c) His aunt's newest novel.
(d) His grandmother's newest novel.

4. In what New York City borough does the Garcia family live?
(a) Queens.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Manhattan.

5. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" states that from the time Yo was very young, the whole family had been "at the mercy of" (28) Yo's what?
(a) Temper.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Silence.
(d) Moods.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what location does Matthews call Garfield to tell him bad news?

2. How old is Sarita when she moves to New York City?

3. What last name is clearly not the surname of the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin"?

4. With whom does Sarita live when she moves to New York City?

5. In what grade is the daughter of the Prologue's narrator?

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