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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Penny introduce Lou at a party within the chapter entitled "The Student"?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her favorite professor.
(d) The English department chair.

2. For what reason does Lou return to his alma mater within the chapter entitled "The Student"?
(a) To collect his diploma.
(b) For a class reunion.
(c) To speak to Yo.
(d) To apply for a job.

3. Which of Yo's family members loses an election in the Dominican Republic after Dexter's visit?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her cousin.

4. What is the name of Jose's wife?
(a) Stella.
(b) Siobhan.
(c) Xiomara.
(d) Mabel.

5. Yo teaches which character the basics of reading?
(a) Juan.
(b) Marie.
(c) Jose.
(d) Sarita.

6. What sport wins Lou a scholarship to a small liberal arts college?
(a) Crew.
(b) Football.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Lacrosse.

7. What is the name of Lou's wife?
(a) Penny.
(b) Cindy.
(c) Laverne.
(d) Jane.

8. In what way does Yo meet Lou?
(a) Yo is Lou's student.
(b) Lou is friends with Yo's sister Sandi.
(c) Lou is Yo's student.
(d) Yo and Lou are in the same support group.

9. In what manner does Jose describe Yo's body?
(a) Angular.
(b) Luscious.
(c) Noodle-thin.
(d) Pleasantly plump.

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

11. Who states that she only shares her poetry with one other person in the world?
(a) Yo.
(b) Sarita.
(c) Lucinda.
(d) Tammy.

12. Who tells Jose that Yo cannot have children with her current husband?
(a) Sandi.
(b) Yo.
(c) Sergio.
(d) Lucinda.

13. In what year of college does Lou have Yo as a professor?
(a) Sophomore.
(b) Junior.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Senior.

14. For what type of job does Yo move to the state where she meets Marie and Clair?
(a) Data entry.
(b) Writing.
(c) Research.
(d) Teaching.

15. In what location does the chapter entitled "The Night Watchman" take place?
(a) New York City.
(b) Miami.
(c) The Dominican Republic.
(d) New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jose recalls that when he was young, the other boys in the village had called him what name?

2. Whom does Dexter meet by the swimming pool at Yo's family's compound?

3. What is Lou's last name?

4. When Lou buys and reads Yo's book, he finds that she has plagiarized a story from whom?

5. What do Yo and Marie do with Clair's belongings?

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