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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 item of clothing does Lou wish he had removed while he is sitting in the first meeting of Yo's class?
(a) His coat.
(b) His sweater.
(c) His hat.
(d) His scarf.

2. What is the meaning of the Spanish word "maldita" (245)?
(a) Flawed.
(b) Blessed.
(c) Cursed.
(d) Fertile.

3. What item of clothing do Yo and Tammy force Tom and Jerry to wear before they are allowed to listen to poetry?
(a) Slips.
(b) Hair rollers.
(c) Nightgowns.
(d) Scarves.

4. Which of Yo's family members loses an election in the Dominican Republic after Dexter's visit?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her cousin.

5. Who is the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?
(a) Brett.
(b) Sarita.
(c) Tammy.
(d) Lucinda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of book by Yo does Lou buy in the chapter entitled "The Student"?

2. What is the source of the liquid that ruins many of Yo's writings within Marie and Clair's home?

3. In what manner does Jose describe Yo's body?

4. When Marie notices that Clair is disappearing, what action does she believe that Clair is taking?

5. Whom does Dexter meet by the swimming pool at Yo's family's compound?

Short Essay Questions

1. From what culture does Tammy hail?

2. For what reason does Yo come to join Tammy in bed within the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?

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

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

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

6. What observation of Yo's causes Tammy to burst into tears within the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?

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

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

9. In what way does the theme of racial prejudice arise within the first conversation between Marie and Yo?

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

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