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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 type of school does Sarita attend?
(a) Public.
(b) Charter.
(c) Magnet.
(d) Preparatory.

2. 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)?
(a) City.
(b) Native.
(c) Island.
(d) Naive.

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

4. 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 Yo.
(b) She says not to tell Sandi.
(c) She says not to tell Sarita.
(d) She says not to tell Marie.

5. For how long does Sarita's mother work for the Garcias before sending for Sarita?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective do the parents of the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" use to describe the contents of Yo's diary?

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

3. How long does it take for the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" to hear back from the person to whom she writes?

4. For what reason does Yo come to see Sarita at her place of business in Florida?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Yo and Garfield.

2. When the Prologue opens, the narrator is on her way to complete what errand?

3. What is the significance of the phrase "You are the one who knows" (125) throughout the text?

4. For what reason does the Prologue's narrator say that she no longer enjoys reading novels?

5. What impetus does the narrator of the Prologue point to as the reason for the change in her husband's personality?

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

7. Who includes a special note for Sarita on the back of a photograph she sends to the Dominican Republic?

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

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

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

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