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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "The Suitor"-Part III: "The Night Watchman".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first letter Garfield ever writes for Yo is for her pursuit of what endeavor?
(a) To be a Fulbright scholar.
(b) To be awarded a graduate assistantship at Brown.
(c) To get into Harvard Business School.
(d) To get into MIT.

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

3. For what reason does Yo reject the reward she receives in part as a result of Garfield's letter?
(a) She gets pregnant.
(b) Her mother becomes ill.
(c) She gets married.
(d) She does not want to accept charity.

4. What last name is clearly not the surname of the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin"?
(a) de la Torre.
(b) Garcia.
(c) Marquez.
(d) Lopez.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose is the narrator driving downtown at the start of the Prologue?

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

3. Besides Jose's wife and children, which other member of the family lives in Jose's house?

4. Dexter meets which of Yo's family members during his surprise visit to the Dominican Republic?

5. Who tells Jose that Yo cannot have children with her current husband?

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