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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Fifi say Mami is going to do after Yo has published her book?
2. In what New York City borough does the Garcia family live?
3. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that during her time in the Dominican Republic as a teen, she had had no shortage of what?
4. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" recalls that in her teens, she had often spent the night under her bed for what reason?
5. In the chapter entitled "The Mother" carries with it what subtitle two spaces below the chapter title?
Short Essay Questions
1. Provide three points along the timeline of Sarita's childhood and adolescence.
2. In what way do Sarita and her mother Primi reach the United States?
3. What event occurs in the Garcia household that causes Mami to start taking Valium and sleeping pills?
4. What action does Mami threaten to take against Yo within the Prologue?
5. What example does the narrator of the Prologue give for the type of details Yo had revealed on the radio show?
6. Why is the narrator of the Prologue upset when she hears her sister Yo on the radio?
7. What impetus does the narrator of the Prologue point to as the reason for the change in her husband's personality?
8. In what way does the narrator of the Prologue deceive one of her sisters within the narrative?
9. Who includes a special note for Sarita on the back of a photograph she sends to the Dominican Republic?
10. Describe the relationship between Yo and Garfield.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Julia Alvarez's novel Yo! and one of the novel's main messages. How does the author make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help the author get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
How do the themes of deception and honesty function within the novel, and what is Alvarez's message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 3
Trace the characterization arc of Yo's character throughout the novel. Discuss whether she is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.
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