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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of Jose's wife?
2. What injury is inflicted upon Marie within the chapter entitled "The Landlady"?
3. The chapter entitled "The Suitor" is narrated by which character?
4. How many different wedding guests help to narrate the chapter of the same name?
5. About what sport is the story that Lou hands in to Yo?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss Dexter's metaphor of the caged "bright bird" (204).
2. What observation of Yo's causes Tammy to burst into tears within the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?
3. Discuss the ways in which the characters of Yo and Dexter differ.
4. For what reason does Yo come to join Tammy in bed within the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?
5. Describe Yo's status in the Dominican Republic as an adult.
6. How does irony arise within Tammy's comments about Yo's lack of romantic interest in men?
7. For how many weeks has Clair been away at the time Yo comes to live as a tenant in Marie and Clair's home?
8. What does the poem by Sappho symbolize?
9. How does Alvarez portray the theme of superstition and religious belief within the chapter entitled "The Night Watchman"?
10. In what type of group do Yo and Tammy meet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Julia Alvarez's novel Yo! from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 2
Write a critical essay about Julia Alvarez's novel Yo! while using the critical power theory lens of Marxist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of issues such as socioeconomic status, hierarchies, wealth, class, or any other issues related to Marxist theory that can be found in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the reasons why Julia Alvarez's novel Yo! uses many different narrators to relay the events of the narrative. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is Alvarez's intended effect on the reader?
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