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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the island, what was different about the patio where men and women sit and talk?
(a) The patio needed painting.
(b) The patio was segregated, men on one side, women on the other.
(c) The patio had uncomfortable furniture.
(d) The patio had a mosquito net.

2. Which sister has a baby?
(a) Yolanda.
(b) Sandi.
(c) Carla.
(d) Sofia.

3. Who does Manual Gustavo look like?
(a) Papi.
(b) The dictator.
(c) Mr. Fanning.
(d) President Kennedy.

4. What was the mother always doing in her spare time in America?
(a) Ironing.
(b) Going to museums.
(c) Reading.
(d) Inventing things.

5. What shocked Yolanda about the appearance of Rudy's parents?
(a) They looked so young.
(b) They didn't look like Rudy.
(c) They looked older than her parents.
(d) His mother had red hair.

6. What hangs from the belts of the two men who help Yolanda when her car breaks down?
(a) Machetes.
(b) Weed eaters.
(c) Gloves.
(d) Guns.

7. How is Manual Gustavo related to the girls?
(a) He is a long-lost brother.
(b) He is an uncle.
(c) He is a cousin.
(d) He is a third cousin.

8. Who appeared at all of Yolanda's poetry readings?
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) Her sisters.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

9. How much does Yolanda pay her young helper in the first chapter?
(a) 10 dollars.
(b) More than a dollar.
(c) 6 dollars.
(d) 50 cents.

10. Who helps Yolanda find the food she wants?
(a) One of her cousins.
(b) Jose Duarte, Sanchez y Mella, the grandson of the woman who runs the cantina.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) The workmen who stop to help her.

11. What kind of flowers did John bring home to Yolanda?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Wildflowers.
(c) Irises.
(d) Roses.

12. Why did John call Yolanda Violet?
(a) That was her least favorite color.
(b) That was her favorite flower.
(c) That was her favorite color.
(d) After "shrinking violet" when she started seeing a shrink.

13. What are the names the girls called their mother to make fun of her leisure activity?
(a) Statue of Liberty Mami.
(b) Mami Kodak.
(c) Thomas Edison Mami, Benjamin Franklin Mom.
(d) Mami the inventor.

14. What kind of lists did John make?
(a) For and against lists.
(b) Lists of names.
(c) Flaw lists.
(d) Grocery lists.

15. What did the mother always call the girls?
(a) Her babies.
(b) The four girls.
(c) By the color of their dresses.
(d) By their names.

Short Answer Questions

1. What saying did the father say about having four girls?

2. What was the punishment for the owner of the marijuana?

3. At the beginning of the novel, how do the aunts and cousins view Yolanda?

4. What did Sandi think she was turning into?

5. What did Rudy do the first night he met Yolanda?

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