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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason does Yo come to see Sarita at her place of business in Florida?
(a) To interview Sarita for a book she wants to write.
(b) To ask for a loan.
(c) To express her condolences for the death of Sarita's mother.
(d) To offer Sarita a job.

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

3. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that she has never gotten along with which of her daughters?
(a) Sandi.
(b) Yo.
(c) Marie.
(d) Carla.

4. How long does it take for the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" to hear back from the person to whom she writes?
(a) Days.
(b) Hours.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Months.

5. Sarita's biological father is related to the Garcia girls in what manner?
(a) He is their uncle.
(b) He is their brother.
(c) He is their cousin.
(d) He is their nephew.

6. How is Carlos related to the narrator of the Prologue?
(a) He is her son.
(b) He is her uncle.
(c) He is her brother.
(d) He is her husband.

7. Who writes a report about Sarita's position as a young woman positioned between two socioeconomic classes?
(a) Lucinda.
(b) Sandi.
(c) Marie.
(d) Yo.

8. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that "the hardest thing coming to this country" had actually been what element?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Getting a job.
(c) Language.
(d) Winter.

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

10. In what grade is the daughter of the Prologue's narrator?
(a) Sixth.
(b) Third.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Fourth.

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

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

13. For what purpose is the narrator driving downtown at the start of the Prologue?
(a) To pick up groceries.
(b) To pick up her husband from work.
(c) To take her kids to school.
(d) To return library books.

14. What object is part of the process discussed in the chapter called "The Mother," which the narrator says she had called "putting on the bear" (24)?
(a) A cat.
(b) A washing machine.
(c) A mink coat.
(d) An iron.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Garfield has vowed never to touch what object while at work?

3. What object does the son of the Prologue's narrator want to take to school for show and tell?

4. The poem that wins the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" top prize in the literary contest has what title?

5. When Yo sends Garfield works of literature, who is always the author?

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