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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. At what type of carnival does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" join a team of people competing in a sculpture contest?
(a) Sandcastle.
(b) Winter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) May Day.

2. Dexter's and Yo's conflicting attitudes about what element of life causes their break-up?
(a) Sex.
(b) Careers.
(c) Money.
(d) Family.

3. 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) He cannot identify it.
(b) Good food.
(c) Good music.
(d) Good sex.

4. Later in Sarita's life, she finds out that she is the illegitimate daughter of a man with what last name?
(a) Garcia.
(b) de la Torre.
(c) Lopez.
(d) Munoz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade is the daughter of the Prologue's narrator?

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

3. To what city does Matthews move?

4. Who had ended up reading Yo's journal, resulting in the cancellation of Yo's cousin's college plans at the hands of Yo's cousin's parents?

5. For what reason does Yo reject the reward she receives in part as a result of Garfield's letter?

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