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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. 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) September.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) December.

2. To whom does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" write, begging him to "come rescue" (51) her?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Tio.
(d) Roe.

3. For what purpose is the narrator driving downtown at the start of the Prologue?
(a) To take her kids to school.
(b) To pick up groceries.
(c) To pick up her husband from work.
(d) To return library books.

4. At what age had the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" been sent "to the States to school" (37) by her parents?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

5. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that she has never gotten along with which of her daughters?
(a) Yo.
(b) Carla.
(c) Marie.
(d) Sandi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What object does the son of the Prologue's narrator want to take to school for show and tell?

3. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that Roe now has what type of job in Washington, D.C.?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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