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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Julia Alvarez

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1. What advice does Yolanda receive about how to care for newborn kittens?

(A) Leave them alone for at least a month

(B) Play with them as much as possible

(D) Leave them alone for at least a week

2. What did Carla's toy bank look like?

(A) A man with a whale

(B) Mary ascending to heaven

(D) A boy eating guavas

3. What did Sandra like to paint?

(A) Fruit baskets

(B) Guitars

(D) Naked men

4. What did Mundin make out of the pink modeling clay?

(A) A boa constrictor

(B) The human body

(D) A dog

5. Who did Sandra flirt with while out to dinner with the Fannings?

(A) Mrs. Fanning

(B) Dr. Fanning

(D) The dancers

6. What did Yolanda think snow was when she saw it for the first time?

(A) Coconut shavings

(B) Nuclear fallout

(D) Plastic

7. What kind of car would always terrify Laura?

(A) Green Jaguars

(B) Black Volkswagens

(D) White Volvos

8. Which poet inspired Yolanda's first school speech?

(A) Emily Dickinson

(B) Robert Frost

(D) Walt Whitman

9. Why was Sofia sent back to the Dominican Republic as a punishment?

(A) She gave away the family's cat

(B) She broke her sister's bank

(D) She was dating Mr. Wrong

10. Why did Rudy and Yolanda break up?

(A) He was cheating on her

(B) She would not have sex with him

(D) They ran out of things to talk about

11. Which word made Yolanda break out in a rash?

(A) Sky

(B) Love

(D) Guava

12. What does Sandra worry she will turn into?

(A) A monkey

(B) Her mother

(D) A dancer

13. What did Sofia do in Colombia?

(A) Buy marijuana

(B) Learn to dance

(D) Get married

14. What does Yolanda have a craving to eat when she returns to the Dominican Republic?

(A) Cake

(B) Guavas

(D) Rice

15. Which sister writes poetry?

(A) Sandra

(B) Yolanda

(D) Carla

16. Which sister broke her arm?

(A) Sandra

(B) Sofia

(D) Sandra

17. Which sister ran off with a German?

(A) Yolanda

(B) Sandra

(D) Sofia

18. Where did Carlos hide from the police?

(A) In the basement

(B) In the bedroom closet

(D) In a coffin

19. Where did Chucha prefer to sleep?

(A) In a bed

(B) In the yard

(D) In the car

20. Where were the children not allowed to play within the family compound in the Dominican Republic?

(A) The coal shed

(B) The kitchen

(D) The garden

21. What is Vic's secret CIA code for trouble?

(A) "Have some pie"

(B) "I have an itch"

(D) "Get your tennis shoes"

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