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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 which Florida city does Sarita eventually set up her own medical practice?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) St. George.
(d) Miami.

2. Garfield has vowed never to touch what object while at work?
(a) A shot of whiskey.
(b) A stapler.
(c) A computer.
(d) A cigarette.

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

4. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that Roe now has what type of job in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Lobbyist.
(c) Senator.
(d) Doctor.

5. How long does it take for the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" to hear back from the person to whom she writes?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Days.
(c) Hours.
(d) Months.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that everyone had told her that "the hardest thing coming to this country" (21) would be what?

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

5. In what New York City borough does the Garcia family live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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