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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. Which author had been the topic of the seminar in which Garfield had met Yo?
(a) Donne.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Milton.
(d) Melville.

2. What season had the Garcia girls always spent in the Dominican Republic, according to the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin"?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

3. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" states, "Nights, I was up to" how many "sleeping pills to numb myself into a few hours of the skimpiest sleep" (25)?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. The poem that wins the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" top prize in the literary contest has what title?
(a) Indeed.
(b) Concrete and Roses.
(c) Interstellar Love Song.
(d) Immigrant's Love Song.

5. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that "the hardest thing coming to this country" had actually been what element?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Language.
(c) Winter.
(d) Getting a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that everyone had told her that "the hardest thing coming to this country" (21) would be what?

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

3. When Yo sends Garfield works of literature, who is always the author?

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

5. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" states that she had been brought up in what faith?

Short Essay Questions

1. With which of her four daughters does Mami not get along?

2. What example does the narrator of the Prologue give for the type of details Yo had revealed on the radio show?

3. Discuss an example of magical realism Alvarez includes within the narrative.

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

5. What is the symbolism of the powder Sarita's mother uses in an effort to get to New York City?

6. In what way does the narrator of the Prologue deceive one of her sisters within the narrative?

7. When the Prologue opens, the narrator is on her way to complete what errand?

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

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

10. Describe the relationship between Yo and Garfield.

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