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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Yolanda and her father disagreed over her school speech, what gift did her father bring home to her?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) A puppy.
(c) Canned peaches.
(d) A new electric typewriter.

3. What cured Yolanda?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Words.

4. At the beginning of the novel, how do the aunts and cousins view Yolanda?
(a) Like a Peace Corps girl who has let herself go.
(b) Like a hippie.
(c) Like a young Spanish princess.
(d) Like a professional woman.

5. Who did the marijuana belong to?
(a) Carla.
(b) Yolanda.
(c) Mother.
(d) Sofia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What speech was Yolanda asked to deliver at school that her mother helped her with?

2. What did Sofia's father find in her room when she was young woman that caused a stir?

3. What are the names the girls called their mother to make fun of her leisure activity?

4. After college, when did Yolanda see Rudy again?

5. What did Sandi think she was turning into?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the girls not supportive of their mother's inventions? Why did they not take them seriously?

2. Why is Sofia's father taken with her son, but not her daughter? Why does this anger Sofia?

3. When Sandi shows artistic talent, the maid, Milagros, takes Sandi to her sick son and they both believe Sandi cures the boy. How does this tie into the image of Sandi's face as the Virgin Mary? For what art has Sandi suffered?

4. How does Carla react when she is asked by her father to keep a secret about how Mrs. Fanning kissed him?

5. When the father returns from the U.S. what is he discussing with his wife? Why are they talking about the skyrocketing prices in the U.S.?

6. What was Rudy's family background? Why was this so fascinating to Yolanda? How did his background affect his personality?

7. Why does the father say they fired Gladys? Why is trust so important to this family? How much to they rely on the servants for help?

8. When do the daughters return home? Why is it important for the daughters to return without their husbands? What does this say about their father? The girls?

9. What is the response by the aunts to Yolanda's wish to take a drive in the country? Why do they all react this way? What do they warn Yolanda about?

10. What is the symbolism of the Human Body? When it is broken and ruined what is the author trying to say to us?

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