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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. For how many years has Professor Garfield known Yo?
(a) 10.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.
2. At what age had the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" been sent "to the States to school" (37) by her parents?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.
3. Which author had been the topic of the seminar in which Garfield had met Yo?
(a) Milton.
(b) Donne.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Melville.
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) Months.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Hours.
5. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that "the hardest thing coming to this country" had actually been what element?
(a) Winter.
(b) Language.
(c) Getting a job.
(d) Prejudice.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what New York City borough does the Garcia family live?
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. What is the first name of Garfield's lover Matthews?
4. Garfield has vowed never to touch what object while at work?
5. In what grade is the daughter of the Prologue's narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the narrator of the Prologue upset when she hears her sister Yo on the radio?
2. How does the theme of pride emerge within the first meeting between Yo and Sarita in decades?
3. Describe the nature of the culture shock Sarita experiences upon arriving in New York.
4. What impetus does the narrator of the Prologue point to as the reason for the change in her husband's personality?
5. What is the symbolism of the powder Sarita's mother uses in an effort to get to New York City?
6. What event occurs in the Garcia household that causes Mami to start taking Valium and sleeping pills?
7. With which of her four daughters does Mami not get along?
8. What action does Mami threaten to take against Yo within the Prologue?
9. Discuss an example of magical realism Alvarez includes within the narrative.
10. Provide three points along the timeline of Sarita's childhood and adolescence.
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