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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: "The Third Husband"-"The Father".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose ashes does Garfield keep in a box inside his garden?
(a) Matthews's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) His ex-wife's.
(d) His father's.

2. How many names does Jose know how to write?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

3. What injury is inflicted upon Marie within the chapter entitled "The Landlady"?
(a) A broken nose.
(b) A broken arm.
(c) A black eye.
(d) A twisted ankle.

4. What does Doug identify as the element that always brings Yo back from the funk she enters when they end a visit to the Dominican Republic?
(a) Good food.
(b) He cannot identify it.
(c) Good sex.
(d) Good music.

5. When the chapter entitled "The Student" eschews linear time, in which direction does it move?
(a) Forward 10 years.
(b) Backward 5 years.
(c) Forward 5 years.
(d) Backward 20 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Doug's stated reason for asking Yo about her spirit waters?

2. What is the meaning of the Spanish word "tierra" (245)?

3. To whom does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" write, begging him to "come rescue" (51) her?

4. To what poet does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Stalker" allude when trying to get information about Yo?

5. What is Tammy's last name?

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