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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what New York City borough does the Garcia family live?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Queens.
(d) Manhattan.

3. When the narrator of the Prologue's sister reveals a secret to the narrator, what instruction does she give as well?
(a) She says not to tell Sarita.
(b) She says not to tell Marie.
(c) She says not to tell Yo.
(d) She says not to tell Sandi.

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

5. For what reason does Yo reject the reward she receives in part as a result of Garfield's letter?
(a) Her mother becomes ill.
(b) She gets pregnant.
(c) She does not want to accept charity.
(d) She gets married.

6. 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.

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

8. When the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that the Garcia girls had always fled the Dominican Republic prior to what month, which month does she name?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) March.
(d) December.

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

10. What type of doctor does Sarita become before setting up her own practice in Florida?
(a) An osteopath.
(b) A pediatrician.
(c) An orthopedist.
(d) A podiatrist.

11. Garfield has vowed never to touch what object while at work?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) A shot of whiskey.
(c) A stapler.
(d) A computer.

12. Sarita states that the Garcia girls treat her like a mix between a little sister and what type of "project" (57)?
(a) Charity.
(b) Goodwill.
(c) Pity.
(d) Science.

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

14. 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) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About what subject had Yo continually written in her journal as a teen, according to the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin"?

3. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" describes herself and her siblings as being what type of cousins in relation to "the Garcia girls" (36)?

4. For what reason does Sarita not know the identity of her biological father?

5. In what grade is the son of the Prologue's narrator?

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