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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: "The Sisters"-Part I: "The Cousin".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator of the Prologue "swears on" (7) what when she promises not to reveal her sister's secret to a certain person?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her grave.
(c) Their shared mother's grave.
(d) Her life.

2. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that during her time in the Dominican Republic as a teen, she had had no shortage of what?
(a) Marriage proposals.
(b) Money.
(c) Boyfriends.
(d) Food.

3. Who had ended up reading Yo's journal, resulting in the cancellation of Yo's cousin's college plans at the hands of Yo's cousin's parents?
(a) Yo's boyfriend.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) Yo's sister.
(d) Yo's mother.

4. In what grade is the son of the Prologue's narrator?
(a) Eleventh.
(b) Third.
(c) Seventh.
(d) Eighth.

5. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" states, "Nights, I was up to" how many "sleeping pills to numb myself into a few hours of the skimpiest sleep" (25)?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that Roe now has what type of job in Washington, D.C.?

2. What object does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" name as the impetus for her severe insomnia?

3. The poem that wins the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" top prize in the literary contest has what title?

4. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" is revealed late in the chapter to have what first name?

5. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" has what subtitle centered two lines below the chapter title?

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