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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 what location does Sarita hide the stolen report?
(a) In the attic.
(b) Under her mattress.
(c) Above a ceiling tile.
(d) In her backpack.

2. When the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that the Garcia girls had always fled the Dominican Republic prior to what month, which month does she name?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) June.
(d) March.

3. 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) Hours.
(b) Months.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Days.

4. Who comes to see the dean when Yo turns down the academic award?
(a) Yo's brother.
(b) Yo's father.
(c) Yo's cousin.
(d) Yo's mother.

5. What type of doctor does Sarita become before setting up her own practice in Florida?
(a) A pediatrician.
(b) An osteopath.
(c) A podiatrist.
(d) An orthopedist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes a report about Sarita's position as a young woman positioned between two socioeconomic classes?

2. For how long does Sarita's mother work for the Garcias before sending for Sarita?

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

4. The narrator of the Prologue "swears on" (7) what when she promises not to reveal her sister's secret to a certain person?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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