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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 injury is inflicted upon Marie within the chapter entitled "The Landlady"?
(a) A black eye.
(b) A twisted ankle.
(c) A broken nose.
(d) A broken arm.

2. What name does Jose give to the daughter who is born during the time of the narrative?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Cherubim.
(c) Siobhan.
(d) Yolanda.

3. One of Yo's aunts notices that which person resembles her late husband?
(a) Fifi.
(b) Sarita.
(c) Yo.
(d) Lucinda.

4. In what month does Yo stop teaching a particular character to read when she goes back to the United States?
(a) May.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) August.

5. Jose receives a notice from what organization stating that he must soon evacuate the land upon which his house sits?
(a) The office of family services.
(b) The housing authority.
(c) The government.
(d) The transportation authority.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ends up hiring Jose as a night watchman?

2. What is Lou's last name?

3. What is the title of the chapter that focuses on Marie and Clair?

4. Who is the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?

5. Dexter pretends to be a journalist at whose behest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What observation does Doug's pastor make about Yo at her wedding and why is it significant?

7. In what way is the theme of rebirth demonstrated within the chapter entitled "The Landlady"?

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

9. Discuss the ways in which the characters of Yo and Dexter differ.

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

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