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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 do Yo and Marie do with Clair's belongings?

2. How many names does Jose know how to write?

3. When the chapter entitled "The Student" eschews linear time, in which direction does it move?

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

5. What is the source of the liquid that ruins many of Yo's writings within Marie and Clair's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the function of Dexter's character within the novel?

2. For what reason does Yo come to join Tammy in bed within the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?

3. With what elements of Yo's personality is Jose uncomfortable?

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

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

6. What does the poem by Sappho symbolize?

7. In what way does Alvarez set up the United States and the Dominican Republic as foil settings?

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

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

10. Describe Yo's status in the Dominican Republic as an adult.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's messages about guilt and responsibility within Julia Alvarez's novel Yo!.

Essay Topic 2

In what ways does Julia Alvarez portray the profession of writer within the novel Yo!?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Julia Alvarez's novel Yo! and analyze the author's purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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