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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 is the first name of Professor Garfield, Yo's mentor?

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

3. For what reason does Sarita not know the identity of her biological father?

4. For what purpose is the narrator driving downtown at the start of the Prologue?

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 do Sarita and her mother Primi reach the United States?

2. When the Prologue opens, the narrator is on her way to complete what errand?

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

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

5. In what way does the narrator of the Prologue deceive one of her sisters within the narrative?

6. Describe the nature of the culture shock Sarita experiences upon arriving in New York.

7. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality appear within the end of the chapter entitled "The Maid's Daughter"?

8. Who includes a special note for Sarita on the back of a photograph she sends to the Dominican Republic?

9. With which of her four daughters does Mami not get along?

10. What secret does the narrator of the Prologue's gloomy sister give to the narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the reasons why Julia Alvarez's novel Yo! uses many different narrators to relay the events of the narrative. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is Alvarez's intended effect on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

What is the function of Lucinda's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Lucinda and include in your discussion the reasons that Alvarez portrays her in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Julia Alvarez's novel Yo! from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

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