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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. To what city does Matthews move?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Alameda.
(c) San Diego.
(d) San Francisco.

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

3. When Yo sends Garfield works of literature, who is always the author?
(a) Donne.
(b) Milton.
(c) Yo.
(d) Hemingway.

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) Silence.
(b) Moods.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Temper.

5. What object is part of the process discussed in the chapter called "The Mother," which the narrator says she had called "putting on the bear" (24)?
(a) An iron.
(b) A mink coat.
(c) A cat.
(d) A washing machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bad news does Matthews deliver to Garfield over the phone?

2. 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?

3. Which author had been the topic of the seminar in which Garfield had met Yo?

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

5. What object does the son of the Prologue's narrator want to take to school for show and tell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In what way does the theme of marginalization arise within the Prologue?

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