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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. In what year of college does Lou have Yo as a professor?

2. What word does Lou use to describe the end of a good book written by a skillful author?

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

4. Yo teaches which character the basics of reading?

5. What adjective does Yo use to describe the nature of stories to Lou?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Alvarez portray the theme of superstition and religious belief within the chapter entitled "The Night Watchman"?

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

4. From what culture does Tammy hail?

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

6. How does irony arise within Tammy's comments about Yo's lack of romantic interest in men?

7. What reason does Tammy pinpoint when wondering what makes her go along with "Yo's schemes" (147)?

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

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

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

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

Discuss Alvarez's use of contrasting settings within her novel Yo!.

Essay Topic 3

Write a critical essay about Julia Alvarez's novel Yo! while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.

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