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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many different wedding guests help to narrate the chapter of the same name?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

3. In what year of college does Lou have Yo as a professor?
(a) Freshman.
(b) Sophomore.
(c) Junior.
(d) Senior.

4. When the chapter entitled "The Student" eschews linear time, in which direction does it move?
(a) Backward 5 years.
(b) Forward 5 years.
(c) Forward 10 years.
(d) Backward 20 years.

5. Jose learns that Yo has married what kind of man?
(a) Black.
(b) American.
(c) Cuban.
(d) Korean.

6. Dexter pretends to be a journalist at whose behest?
(a) Sandi's.
(b) Yo's.
(c) Don Mundin's.
(d) Laura's.

7. What is the title of the chapter that focuses on Marie and Clair?
(a) "The Landlady."
(b) "The Cousin."
(c) "The Mother."
(d) "The Caretaker."

8. One of Yo's aunts notices that which person resembles her late husband?
(a) Yo.
(b) Sarita.
(c) Fifi.
(d) Lucinda.

9. When Marie notices that Clair is disappearing, what action does she believe that Clair is taking?
(a) Working an extra job.
(b) Planning their anniversary party.
(c) Having an affair.
(d) Gambling.

10. Besides Jose's wife and children, which other member of the family lives in Jose's house?
(a) Jose's nephew.
(b) Jose's niece.
(c) Xiomara's niece.
(d) Xiomara's nephew.

11. About what sport is the story that Lou hands in to Yo?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Football.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Track.

12. What item of clothing does Lou wish he had removed while he is sitting in the first meeting of Yo's class?
(a) His coat.
(b) His scarf.
(c) His sweater.
(d) His hat.

13. What sport wins Lou a scholarship to a small liberal arts college?
(a) Lacrosse.
(b) Crew.
(c) Football.
(d) Basketball.

14. Who states that she only shares her poetry with one other person in the world?
(a) Tammy.
(b) Lucinda.
(c) Sarita.
(d) Yo.

15. The story that Lou hands in to Yo has to do with what element of its depicted sport?
(a) Male bonding.
(b) Losing.
(c) Teamwork.
(d) Winning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many names does Jose know how to write?

2. Jose states that working for Yo nets him "more money in a week than he had earned in a" (245) by working his farm?

3. Which of Yo's family members loses an election in the Dominican Republic after Dexter's visit?

4. What adjective does Yo use to describe the nature of stories to Lou?

5. Which member of Yo's family is running for president of the Dominican Republic?

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