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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "The Best Friend"-"The Student".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Months.
(b) Hours.
(c) Days.
(d) Weeks.

2. For how long does Sarita's mother work for the Garcias before sending for Sarita?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 8 years.

3. When Lou buys and reads Yo's book, he finds that she has plagiarized a story from whom?
(a) Lucinda.
(b) Lou.
(c) Garfield.
(d) Penny.

4. In what New York City borough does the Garcia family live?
(a) Queens.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Manhattan.

5. What object does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" name as the impetus for her severe insomnia?
(a) A gun.
(b) A mink coat.
(c) A bikini.
(d) A towel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the source of the liquid that ruins many of Yo's writings within Marie and Clair's home?

2. From what location does Matthews call Garfield to tell him bad news?

3. Who writes a report about Sarita's position as a young woman positioned between two socioeconomic classes?

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

5. What object does the son of the Prologue's narrator want to take to school for show and tell?

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