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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. What is the first name of Professor Garfield, Yo's mentor?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Jeffrey.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Martin.
2. What is the first name of Garfield's lover Matthews?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Mark.
(d) Jeffrey.
3. Who had ended up reading Yo's journal, resulting in the cancellation of Yo's cousin's college plans at the hands of Yo's cousin's parents?
(a) Yo's sister.
(b) Yo's mother.
(c) Yo's boyfriend.
(d) The narrator's mother.
4. Two of the sisters of the Prologue's narrator have what job?
(a) Biologist.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Psychologist.
(d) Writer.
5. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Mother" says that "the hardest thing coming to this country" had actually been what element?
(a) Winter.
(b) Language.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Getting a job.
Short Answer Questions
1. To what city does Matthews move?
2. When the narrator of the Prologue's sister reveals a secret to the narrator, what instruction does she give as well?
3. At what age had the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" been sent "to the States to school" (37) by her parents?
4. What does the second sister to call the narrator of the Prologue reveal during their phone call?
5. Who writes a report about Sarita's position as a young woman positioned between two socioeconomic classes?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what two reasons does Yo go to Miami?
2. For what reason does the Prologue's narrator say that she no longer enjoys reading novels?
3. Describe the relationship between Yo and Garfield.
4. Who includes a special note for Sarita on the back of a photograph she sends to the Dominican Republic?
5. With which of her four daughters does Mami not get along?
6. Why is the narrator of the Prologue upset when she hears her sister Yo on the radio?
7. In what way does the text depict a series of different religious and spiritual beliefs?
8. What is the symbolism of the powder Sarita's mother uses in an effort to get to New York City?
9. What secret does the narrator of the Prologue's gloomy sister give to the narrator?
10. What impetus does the narrator of the Prologue point to as the reason for the change in her husband's personality?
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