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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: "The Third Husband"-"The Father".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age had Jose first touched a breast in a sexual manner at the request of Dona Teolinda?
(a) 8.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

2. For what purpose is the narrator driving downtown at the start of the Prologue?
(a) To pick up groceries.
(b) To pick up her husband from work.
(c) To take her kids to school.
(d) To return library books.

3. At what type of carnival does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" join a team of people competing in a sculpture contest?
(a) Winter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Sandcastle.
(d) May Day.

4. Later in Sarita's life, she finds out that she is the illegitimate daughter of a man with what last name?
(a) Munoz.
(b) de la Torre.
(c) Garcia.
(d) Lopez.

5. Whom does Dexter meet by the swimming pool at Yo's family's compound?
(a) Lucinda.
(b) Sandi.
(c) Sarita.
(d) Carla.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of doctor does Sarita become before setting up her own practice in Florida?

2. What season had the Garcia girls always spent in the Dominican Republic, according to the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin"?

3. In what location does Sarita hide the stolen report?

4. Who states that she only shares her poetry with one other person in the world?

5. The narrator of the Prologue "swears on" (7) what when she promises not to reveal her sister's secret to a certain person?

(see the answer key)

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