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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 injury is inflicted upon Marie within the chapter entitled "The Landlady"?

2. What kind of book by Yo does Lou buy in the chapter entitled "The Student"?

3. What name does Jose give to the daughter who is born during the time of the narrative?

4. What method of transportation does Dexter use to come surprise Yo?

5. During what seasons does Yo always come to the Dominican Republic to work in privacy, according to Jose?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the poem by Sappho symbolize?

4. Discuss a time in the text when Tammy displays the effects of past physical abuse.

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

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

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

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

9. What element does Alvarez depict as the main reason for the split between Yo and Dexter?

10. For how many weeks has Clair been away at the time Yo comes to live as a tenant in Marie and Clair's home?

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

Determine Alvarez's message within her novel Yo! regarding the idea that some coping methods are more effective than others when dealing with conflict or stress.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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