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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 bad news does Matthews deliver to Garfield over the phone?
(a) Matthews has been fired.
(b) Matthews has fallen in love with another man.
(c) Matthews has HIV.
(d) Matthews has decided that a long-distance relationship is too hard.

2. About what subject had Yo continually written in her journal as a teen, according to the narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin"?
(a) The narrator's boyfriend Roe.
(b) The narrator's boyfriend Rory.
(c) The narrator's boyfriend Mike.
(d) The narrator's boyfriend George.

3. 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?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Boyfriends.
(d) Marriage proposals.

4. The narrator of the chapter entitled "The Cousin" has what subtitle centered two lines below the chapter title?
(a) Romance.
(b) Epistle.
(c) Revelation.
(d) Poetry.

5. By the end of the meeting with the dean, Yo's family member takes what action?
(a) Faints.
(b) Collapses.
(c) Punches the wall.
(d) Sobs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who kicks over the box of ashes upon coming to visit Garfield?

3. What type of school does Sarita attend?

4. Later in Sarita's life, she finds out that she is the illegitimate daughter of a man with what last name?

5. When the narrator of the Prologue's sister reveals a secret to the narrator, what instruction does she give as well?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who includes a special note for Sarita on the back of a photograph she sends to the Dominican Republic?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What action does Mami threaten to take against Yo within the Prologue?

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

10. What event occurs in the Garcia household that causes Mami to start taking Valium and sleeping pills?

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