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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years has Professor Garfield known Yo?
(a) 10.
(b) 9.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

2. What is the first name of Professor Garfield, Yo's mentor?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Martin.
(c) Jeffrey.
(d) Elijah.

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

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

5. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" has what subtitle centered two lines below the chapter title?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Revelation.
(c) Epistle.
(d) Romance.

6. What season had the Garcia girls always spent in the Dominican Republic, according to the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin"?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

7. What object does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" name as the impetus for her severe insomnia?
(a) A gun.
(b) A mink coat.
(c) A bikini.
(d) A towel.

8. When Yo sends Garfield works of literature, who is always the author?
(a) Yo.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Donne.
(d) Milton.

9. What bad news does Matthews deliver to Garfield over the phone?
(a) Matthews has decided that a long-distance relationship is too hard.
(b) Matthews has fallen in love with another man.
(c) Matthews has been fired.
(d) Matthews has HIV.

10. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" recalls that in her teens, she had often spent the night under her bed for what reason?
(a) On account of her fear that her uncle would come into her room.
(b) On account of stray bullets shattering the windows.
(c) On account of her fear of another earthquake.
(d) On account of her fear that El Cuco would get her.

11. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" states, "Nights, I was up to" how many "sleeping pills to numb myself into a few hours of the skimpiest sleep" (25)?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

12. Yo is said to be the same age as which member of Garfield's family?
(a) His eldest daughter.
(b) His youngest daughter.
(c) His youngest son.
(d) His middle son.

13. Which author had been the topic of the seminar in which Garfield had met Yo?
(a) Donne.
(b) Melville.
(c) Milton.
(d) Hemingway.

14. In the chapter entitled "The Mother" carries with it what subtitle two spaces below the chapter title?
(a) Point of view.
(b) Nonfiction.
(c) Characterization.
(d) Fiction.

15. Sarita recalls that the Garcias had treated her like a cross between a "goodwill project" (57) and a what?
(a) A niece.
(b) A pariah.
(c) A little sister.
(d) A baby cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city does Matthews move?

2. When the narrator of the Prologue's sister reveals a secret to the narrator, what instruction does she give as well?

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

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

5. Garfield intends to take what action at the end of the current school year?

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