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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 is the meaning of the Spanish word "maldita" (245)?
(a) Flawed.
(b) Fertile.
(c) Cursed.
(d) Blessed.
2. Yo teaches which character the basics of reading?
(a) Juan.
(b) Sarita.
(c) Marie.
(d) Jose.
3. For what type of job does Yo move to the state where she meets Marie and Clair?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Data entry.
(c) Research.
(d) Writing.
4. During what seasons does Yo always come to the Dominican Republic to work in privacy, according to Jose?
(a) Winters.
(b) Autumns.
(c) Summers.
(d) Springs.
5. How many different wedding guests help to narrate the chapter of the same name?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.
Short Answer Questions
1. What item of clothing do Yo and Tammy force Tom and Jerry to wear before they are allowed to listen to poetry?
2. Jose states that working for Yo nets him "more money in a week than he had earned in a" (245) by working his farm?
3. Jose learns that Yo has married what kind of man?
4. What adjective does Yo use to describe the nature of stories to Lou?
5. Who denies Yo's request to move out of the room she rents from Marie and Clare?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Alvarez depict the effects of the cycle of abuse within the novel?
2. Name three different reasons Jose wants to give his next child to Yo.
3. Discuss the ways in which the characters of Yo and Dexter differ.
4. Discuss Dexter's metaphor of the caged "bright bird" (204).
5. How does Alvarez portray the theme of superstition and religious belief within the chapter entitled "The Night Watchman"?
6. What observation of Yo's causes Tammy to burst into tears within the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?
7. What does the poem by Sappho symbolize?
8. To what phrase does Yo have a strong reaction during her conversation with Jose?
9. How does irony arise within Tammy's comments about Yo's lack of romantic interest in men?
10. From what culture does Tammy hail?
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