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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. In the chapter entitled "The Mother" carries with it what subtitle two spaces below the chapter title?
(a) Nonfiction.
(b) Characterization.
(c) Point of view.
(d) Fiction.

2. At what type of carnival does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" join a team of people competing in a sculpture contest?
(a) May Day.
(b) Sandcastle.
(c) Winter.
(d) Christmas.

3. What bad news does Matthews deliver to Garfield over the phone?
(a) Matthews has decided that a long-distance relationship is too hard.
(b) Matthews has been fired.
(c) Matthews has fallen in love with another man.
(d) Matthews has HIV.

4. In what type of setting does Sarita live with a family member in the Dominican Republic while her mother works for the Garcias?
(a) In a village.
(b) On the beach.
(c) In the slums.
(d) In the country.

5. The narrator of the Prologue "swears on" (7) what when she promises not to reveal her sister's secret to a certain person?
(a) Their shared mother's grave.
(b) Her life.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years has Professor Garfield known Yo?

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" recalls that in her teens, she had often spent the night under her bed for what reason?

4. At what age had the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" been sent "to the States to school" (37) by her parents?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What event occurs in the Garcia household that causes Mami to start taking Valium and sleeping pills?

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

6. How does the theme of control arise within the Prologue?

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

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

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

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

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