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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 kind of book by Yo does Lou buy in the chapter entitled "The Student"?
(a) A book of poetry.
(b) A book of short stories.
(c) A novel.
(d) A novella.

2. 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 threatens to stop paying rent.
(d) She calls the police.

3. What is the last name of Marie and Clair?
(a) Beaudry.
(b) Rodriguez.
(c) Lopez.
(d) Rosen.

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

5. To whom does Penny introduce Lou at a party within the chapter entitled "The Student"?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her favorite professor.
(d) The English department chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Lou's wife?

2. Jose receives a notice from what organization stating that he must soon evacuate the land upon which his house sits?

3. The story that Lou hands in to Yo has to do with what element of its depicted sport?

4. What word does Jose conflate with the word vasectomy, leading to a misunderstanding of Yo's husband's situation?

5. When the chapter entitled "The Student" eschews linear time, in which direction does it move?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what type of group do Yo and Tammy meet?

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

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

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

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

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

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