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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. 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?
(a) The cost.
(b) The language.
(c) The racism.
(d) The winter.

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

3. What adjective do the parents of the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" use to describe the contents of Yo's diary?
(a) Shameful.
(b) Filthy.
(c) Heinous.
(d) Disgusting.

4. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that she had been brought up in what faith?
(a) Santeria.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Presbyterianism.
(d) Lutheranism.

5. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" has what subtitle centered two lines below the chapter title?
(a) Romance.
(b) Revelation.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Epistle.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what type of carnival does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" join a team of people competing in a sculpture contest?

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

3. What object is part of the process discussed in the chapter called "The Mother," which the narrator says she had called "putting on the bear" (24)?

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

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

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