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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) Fiction.
(c) Characterization.
(d) Point of view.

2. 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) In the slums.
(c) In the country.
(d) On the beach.

3. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that she had been brought up in what faith?
(a) Presbyterianism.
(b) Lutheranism.
(c) Santeria.
(d) Catholicism.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that she has never gotten along with which of her daughters?

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

4. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" states, "Nights, I was up to" how many "sleeping pills to numb myself into a few hours of the skimpiest sleep" (25)?

5. When Yo sends Garfield works of literature, who is always the author?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what way does the narrator of the Prologue deceive one of her sisters within the narrative?

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

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

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

8. How does the theme of pride emerge within the first meeting between Yo and Sarita in decades?

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

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

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