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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. For what reason does Sarita not know the identity of her biological father?
(a) He had died prior to her birth.
(b) She refuses to allow her mother to disclose his name.
(c) Her mother refuses to disclose his name.
(d) No one knows her father's identity.

2. What does the second sister to call the narrator of the Prologue reveal during their phone call?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She has cancer.
(c) She has been awarded a grant.
(d) She is moving back to the Dominican Republic.

3. The chapter entitled "The Landlady" ends with Marie and Yo sitting in what location as they wait for Clair to return home?
(a) In the attic.
(b) By the living room window.
(c) On the front lawn.
(d) In the street.

4. To what city does Matthews move?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Diego.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Alameda.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Lou return to his alma mater within the chapter entitled "The Student"?

2. How long does it take for the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" to hear back from the person to whom she writes?

3. When Marie notices that Clair is disappearing, what action does she believe that Clair is taking?

4. Who states that she only shares her poetry with one other person in the world?

5. When Lou buys and reads Yo's book, he finds that she has plagiarized a story from whom?

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