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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: "The Maid's Daughter"- Part II: "The Caretakers".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bad news does Matthews deliver to Garfield over the phone?
(a) Matthews has fallen in love with another man.
(b) Matthews has decided that a long-distance relationship is too hard.
(c) Matthews has HIV.
(d) Matthews has been fired.

2. How long does it take for the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" to hear back from the person to whom she writes?
(a) Hours.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Months.
(d) Days.

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) The narrator's mother.
(b) Yo's boyfriend.
(c) Yo's mother.
(d) Yo's sister.

4. Who writes a report about Sarita's position as a young woman positioned between two socioeconomic classes?
(a) Sandi.
(b) Yo.
(c) Lucinda.
(d) Marie.

5. Sarita states that the Garcia girls treat her like a mix between a little sister and what type of "project" (57)?
(a) Charity.
(b) Science.
(c) Goodwill.
(d) Pity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter entitled "The Mother" carries with it what subtitle two spaces below the chapter title?

2. In what New York City borough does the Garcia family live?

3. When Yo sends Garfield works of literature, who is always the author?

4. What object is part of the process discussed in the chapter called "The Mother," which the narrator says she had called "putting on the bear" (24)?

5. The first letter Garfield ever writes for Yo is for her pursuit of what endeavor?

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