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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. The chapter entitled "The Suitor" is narrated by which character?
(a) Lucinda.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Doug.
(d) Dexter.
2. Dexter meets which of Yo's family members during his surprise visit to the Dominican Republic?
(a) Sandi.
(b) Carla.
(c) Lucinda.
(d) Fifi.
3. What item of clothing does Lou wish he had removed while he is sitting in the first meeting of Yo's class?
(a) His sweater.
(b) His coat.
(c) His hat.
(d) His scarf.
4. How does Yo meet her future husband Doug?
(a) Doug rents Don Mundin's home.
(b) Doug is building houses in the Dominican Republic
(c) They join the same support group.
(d) Yo is teaching in the Dominican Republic
5. What is the meaning of the Spanish word "maldita" (245)?
(a) Fertile.
(b) Blessed.
(c) Cursed.
(d) Flawed.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the title of the chapter that focuses on Marie and Clair?
2. At what location does Yo meet the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?
3. To whom does Penny introduce Lou at a party within the chapter entitled "The Student"?
4. About what sport is the story that Lou hands in to Yo?
5. What tactic does Yo use in order to attempt to get out of her lease?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the ways in which the characters of Yo and Dexter differ.
2. In what type of group do Yo and Tammy meet?
3. How does Alvarez portray the theme of superstition and religious belief within the chapter entitled "The Night Watchman"?
4. Discuss Dexter's metaphor of the caged "bright bird" (204).
5. How does irony arise within Tammy's comments about Yo's lack of romantic interest in men?
6. What observation of Yo's causes Tammy to burst into tears within the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?
7. In what way does the theme of racial prejudice arise within the first conversation between Marie and Yo?
8. Describe Yo's status in the Dominican Republic as an adult.
9. Name at least three narrators of the chapter entitled "The Wedding Guests."
10. What does the poem by Sappho symbolize?
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