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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" recalls that in her teens, she had often spent the night under her bed for what reason?
(a) On account of her fear that El Cuco would get her.
(b) On account of stray bullets shattering the windows.
(c) On account of her fear that her uncle would come into her room.
(d) On account of her fear of another earthquake.

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

3. Garfield intends to take what action at the end of the current school year?
(a) He intends to get married.
(b) He intends to get a divorce.
(c) He intends to retire.
(d) He intends to visit the Garcia family.

4. Over the years, Yo has sent Garfield what two types of literature?
(a) Poems and short stories.
(b) Sestinas and sonnets.
(c) Flash fiction and verse.
(d) Short stories and riddles.

5. Whose ashes does Garfield keep in a box inside his garden?
(a) His father's.
(b) Matthews's.
(c) His ex-wife's.
(d) His mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that during her time in the Dominican Republic as a teen, she had had no shortage of what?

2. To what city does Matthews move?

3. How long does it take for the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" to hear back from the person to whom she writes?

4. What is the first name of Garfield's lover Matthews?

5. What object does the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" name as the impetus for her severe insomnia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the phrase "You are the one who knows" (125) throughout the text?

2. Why is the narrator of the Prologue upset when she hears her sister Yo on the radio?

3. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality appear within the end of the chapter entitled "The Maid's Daughter"?

4. What impetus does the narrator of the Prologue point to as the reason for the change in her husband's personality?

5. For what two reasons does Yo go to Miami?

6. Provide three points along the timeline of Sarita's childhood and adolescence.

7. In what way does the theme of marginalization arise within the Prologue?

8. Describe the nature of the culture shock Sarita experiences upon arriving in New York.

9. In what way do Sarita and her mother Primi reach the United States?

10. What secret does the narrator of the Prologue's gloomy sister give to the narrator?

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