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

2. Over the years, Yo has sent Garfield what two types of literature?
(a) Poems and short stories.
(b) Sestinas and sonnets.
(c) Flash fiction and verse.
(d) Short stories and riddles.

3. 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 does not want to accept charity.
(c) She gets married.
(d) She gets pregnant.

4. With whom does Sarita live when she moves to New York City?
(a) With only Yo.
(b) Her mother and the Garcias.
(c) Just the Garcias.
(d) Just her mother.

5. Who comes to see the dean when Yo turns down the academic award?
(a) Yo's cousin.
(b) Yo's father.
(c) Yo's mother.
(d) Yo's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which Florida city does Sarita eventually set up her own medical practice?

2. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that "the hardest thing coming to this country" had actually been what element?

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

4. For what reason does Sarita not know the identity of her biological father?

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

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