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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: "The Sisters"-Part I: "The Cousin".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What object does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" name as the impetus for her severe insomnia?
(a) A bikini.
(b) A gun.
(c) A towel.
(d) A mink coat.

3. The poem that wins the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" top prize in the literary contest has what title?
(a) Indeed.
(b) Concrete and Roses.
(c) Immigrant's Love Song.
(d) Interstellar Love Song.

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

5. What does Fifi say Mami is going to do after Yo has published her book?
(a) Call the police on Yo.
(b) Disown Yo.
(c) Sue Yo.
(d) Remove Yo from her will.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what subject had Yo continually written in her journal as a teen, according to the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin"?

2. The narrator of the Prologue "swears on" (7) what when she promises not to reveal her sister's secret to a certain person?

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

5. For what purpose is the narrator driving downtown at the start of the Prologue?

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