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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. The poem that wins the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" top prize in the literary contest has what title?
(a) Indeed.
(b) Immigrant's Love Song.
(c) Interstellar Love Song.
(d) Concrete and Roses.

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

3. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" has what subtitle centered two lines below the chapter title?
(a) Epistle.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Revelation.
(d) Romance.

4. Who had ended up reading Yo's journal, resulting in the cancellation of Yo's cousin's college plans at the hands of Yo's cousin's parents?
(a) Yo's sister.
(b) Yo's boyfriend.
(c) Yo's mother.
(d) The narrator's mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Garfield has vowed never to touch what object while at work?

2. Who kicks over the box of ashes upon coming to visit Garfield?

3. Garfield intends to take what action at the end of the current school year?

4. Sarita's biological father is related to the Garcia girls in what manner?

5. Over the years, Yo has sent Garfield what two types of literature?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What example does the narrator of the Prologue give for the type of details Yo had revealed on the radio show?

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

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

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

7. Describe the nature of the culture shock Sarita experiences upon arriving in New York.

8. What is the symbolism of the powder Sarita's mother uses in an effort to get to New York City?

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

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

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