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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "The Best Friend"-"The Student".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What last name is clearly not the surname of the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin"?
(a) Marquez.
(b) Lopez.
(c) Garcia.
(d) de la Torre.

2. The first letter Garfield ever writes for Yo is for her pursuit of what endeavor?
(a) To be a Fulbright scholar.
(b) To be awarded a graduate assistantship at Brown.
(c) To get into Harvard Business School.
(d) To get into MIT.

3. Who kicks over the box of ashes upon coming to visit Garfield?
(a) Yo.
(b) Lucinda.
(c) Sarita.
(d) Matthews.

4. By the end of the meeting with the dean, Yo's family member takes what action?
(a) Collapses.
(b) Punches the wall.
(c) Faints.
(d) Sobs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury is inflicted upon Marie within the chapter entitled "The Landlady"?

2. Who denies Yo's request to move out of the room she rents from Marie and Clare?

3. Who writes a report about Sarita's position as a young woman positioned between two socioeconomic classes?

4. Two of the sisters of the Prologue's narrator have what job?

5. Who comes to see the dean when Yo turns down the academic award?

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