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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. In what year of college does Lou have Yo as a professor?

2. What item of clothing do Yo and Tammy force Tom and Jerry to wear before they are allowed to listen to poetry?

3. What is the last name of Marie and Clair?

4. When Marie notices that Clair is disappearing, what action does she believe that Clair is taking?

5. The chapter entitled "The Landlady" ends with Marie and Yo sitting in what location as they wait for Clair to return home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss a time in the text when Tammy displays the effects of past physical abuse.

2. To what phrase does Yo have a strong reaction during her conversation with Jose?

3. How does irony arise within Tammy's comments about Yo's lack of romantic interest in men?

4. For what reason does Yo come to join Tammy in bed within the chapter entitled "The Best Friend"?

5. In what way does the theme of racial prejudice arise within the first conversation between Marie and Yo?

6. How does Alvarez portray the theme of superstition and religious belief within the chapter entitled "The Night Watchman"?

7. From what culture does Tammy hail?

8. Describe Yo's status in the Dominican Republic as an adult.

9. In what way does Alvarez set up the United States and the Dominican Republic as foil settings?

10. Discuss the ways in which the characters of Yo and Dexter differ.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the themes of deception and honesty function within the novel, and what is Alvarez's message regarding these themes?

Essay Topic 2

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Julia Alvarez's novel Yo!. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why the author instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Julia Alvarez's novel Yo!.

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