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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. What does Fifi say Mami is going to do after Yo has published her book?
(a) Sue Yo.
(b) Call the police on Yo.
(c) Remove Yo from her will.
(d) Disown Yo.

2. To whom does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" write, begging him to "come rescue" (51) her?
(a) Tio.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Roe.

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

4. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" states that from the time Yo was very young, the whole family had been "at the mercy of" (28) Yo's what?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Temper.
(c) Moods.
(d) Silence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of doctor does Sarita become before setting up her own practice in Florida?

2. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that Roe now has what type of job in Washington, D.C.?

3. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that during her time in the Dominican Republic as a teen, she had had no shortage of what?

4. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" has what subtitle centered two lines below the chapter title?

5. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that "the hardest thing coming to this country" had actually been what element?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the text depict a series of different religious and spiritual beliefs?

2. In what way do Sarita and her mother Primi reach the United States?

3. Provide three points along the timeline of Sarita's childhood and adolescence.

4. What action does Mami threaten to take against Yo within the Prologue?

5. For what two reasons does Yo go to Miami?

6. Discuss an example of magical realism Alvarez includes within the narrative.

7. What secret does the narrator of the Prologue's gloomy sister give to the narrator?

8. Why is the narrator of the Prologue upset when she hears her sister Yo on the radio?

9. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality appear within the end of the chapter entitled "The Maid's Daughter"?

10. With which of her four daughters does Mami not get along?

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