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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. Sarita's biological father is related to the Garcia girls in what manner?

2. How old is Sarita when she moves to New York City?

3. Yo is said to be the same age as which member of Garfield's family?

4. With what family member does Sarita live in the Dominican Republic while her mother is working for the Garcias?

5. In the chapter entitled "The Mother" carries with it what subtitle two spaces below the chapter title?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the text depict a series of different religious and spiritual beliefs?

2. What impetus does the narrator of the Prologue point to as the reason for the change in her husband's personality?

3. For what two reasons does Yo go to Miami?

4. Describe the relationship between Yo and Garfield.

5. For what reason does the Prologue's narrator say that she no longer enjoys reading novels?

6. In what way does the theme of marginalization arise within the Prologue?

7. What action does Mami threaten to take against Yo within the Prologue?

8. Provide three points along the timeline of Sarita's childhood and adolescence.

9. In what way do Sarita and her mother Primi reach the United States?

10. Why is the narrator of the Prologue upset when she hears her sister Yo on the radio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Julia Alvarez's novel Yo!. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

How do the themes of deception and honesty function within the novel, and what is Alvarez's message regarding these themes?

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