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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. How many different wedding guests help to narrate the chapter of the same name?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.
2. Who ends up hiring Jose as a night watchman?
(a) Yo.
(b) Lucinda.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Don Mundin.
3. During what seasons does Yo always come to the Dominican Republic to work in privacy, according to Jose?
(a) Winters.
(b) Summers.
(c) Springs.
(d) Autumns.
4. About what sport is the story that Lou hands in to Yo?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Track.
(c) Football.
(d) Basketball.
5. What method of transportation does Dexter use to come surprise Yo?
(a) Car.
(b) Plane.
(c) Train.
(d) Bicycle.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Tammy's last name?
2. In what year of college does Lou have Yo as a professor?
3. Who denies Yo's request to move out of the room she rents from Marie and Clare?
4. When the chapter entitled "The Student" eschews linear time, in which direction does it move?
5. What injury is inflicted upon Marie within the chapter entitled "The Landlady"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way is the theme of rebirth demonstrated within the chapter entitled "The Landlady"?
2. To what phrase does Yo have a strong reaction during her conversation with Jose?
3. In what way does the theme of racial prejudice arise within the first conversation between Marie and Yo?
4. Discuss Dexter's metaphor of the caged "bright bird" (204).
5. How does Alvarez depict the effects of the cycle of abuse within the novel?
6. Describe Yo's status in the Dominican Republic as an adult.
7. What is the function of Dexter's character within the novel?
8. Discuss a time in the text when Tammy displays the effects of past physical abuse.
9. Discuss the ways in which the characters of Yo and Dexter differ.
10. What observation of Yo's causes Tammy to burst into tears within the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?
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