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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. What tactic does Yo use in order to attempt to get out of her lease?
(a) She calls the housing authority.
(b) She threatens to sue over things wrong with the room.
(c) She calls the police.
(d) She threatens to stop paying rent.

2. What is the meaning of the Spanish word "tierra" (245)?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Dust.
(c) Earth.
(d) Snow.

3. In what year of college does Lou have Yo as a professor?
(a) Sophomore.
(b) Junior.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Senior.

4. About what sport is the story that Lou hands in to Yo?
(a) Track.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Football.
(d) Basketball.

5. One of Yo's aunts notices that which person resembles her late husband?
(a) Yo.
(b) Lucinda.
(c) Sarita.
(d) Fifi.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Penny introduce Lou at a party within the chapter entitled "The Student"?

2. To what quality of Jose's had the village boys been referring to with their nickname for him?

3. Yo teaches which character the basics of reading?

4. What is the title of the chapter that focuses on Marie and Clair?

5. In what location does Lou find and buy a book written by Yo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name at least three narrators of the chapter entitled "The Wedding Guests."

2. What observation does Doug's pastor make about Yo at her wedding and why is it significant?

3. Name three different reasons Jose wants to give his next child to Yo.

4. For how many weeks has Clair been away at the time Yo comes to live as a tenant in Marie and Clair's home?

5. Discuss a time in the text when Tammy displays the effects of past physical abuse.

6. In what way is the theme of rebirth demonstrated within the chapter entitled "The Landlady"?

7. What element does Alvarez depict as the main reason for the split between Yo and Dexter?

8. What does the poem by Sappho symbolize?

9. How does Alvarez depict the effects of the cycle of abuse within the novel?

10. In what way does Alvarez set up the United States and the Dominican Republic as foil settings?

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