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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. Dexter's and Yo's conflicting attitudes about what element of life causes their break-up?
(a) Careers.
(b) Money.
(c) Family.
(d) Sex.

2. In what way does Yo meet Lou?
(a) Yo and Lou are in the same support group.
(b) Lou is Yo's student.
(c) Yo is Lou's student.
(d) Lou is friends with Yo's sister Sandi.

3. Who ends up hiring Jose as a night watchman?
(a) Don Mundin.
(b) Jorge.
(c) Lucinda.
(d) Yo.

4. Dexter pretends to be a journalist at whose behest?
(a) Don Mundin's.
(b) Laura's.
(c) Sandi's.
(d) Yo's.

5. In what location does the chapter entitled "The Night Watchman" take place?
(a) Miami.
(b) The Dominican Republic.
(c) New York City.
(d) New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who denies Yo's request to move out of the room she rents from Marie and Clare?

2. The chapter entitled "The Landlady" ends with Marie and Yo sitting in what location as they wait for Clair to return home?

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

4. What number husband is Doug for Yo?

5. Who states that she only shares her poetry with one other person in the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what phrase does Yo have a strong reaction during her conversation with Jose?

2. Discuss Dexter's metaphor of the caged "bright bird" (204).

3. Discuss the ways in which the characters of Yo and Dexter differ.

4. Describe Yo's status in the Dominican Republic as an adult.

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

8. With what elements of Yo's personality is Jose uncomfortable?

9. How does irony arise within Tammy's comments about Yo's lack of romantic interest in men?

10. How does Alvarez portray the theme of superstition and religious belief within the chapter entitled "The Night Watchman"?

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