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Julia Alvarez
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1. What advice does Yolanda receive about how to care for newborn kittens?
Leave them alone for at least a month
Play with them as much as possible
Do not let them drink milk
Leave them alone for at least a week
2. What did Carla's toy bank look like?
A man with a whale
Mary ascending to heaven
A girl jumping rope
A boy eating guavas
3. What did Sandra like to paint?
Fruit baskets
Guitars
Kittens
Naked men
4. What did Mundin make out of the pink modeling clay?
A boa constrictor
The human body
A cowboy
A dog
5. Who did Sandra flirt with while out to dinner with the Fannings?
Mrs. Fanning
Dr. Fanning
The busboy
The dancers
6. What did Yolanda think snow was when she saw it for the first time?
Coconut shavings
Nuclear fallout
Frozen ice crystals
Plastic
7. What kind of car would always terrify Laura?
Green Jaguars
Black Volkswagens
Yellow Convertibles
White Volvos
8. Which poet inspired Yolanda's first school speech?
Emily Dickinson
Robert Frost
Allen Ginsberg
Walt Whitman
9. Why was Sofia sent back to the Dominican Republic as a punishment?
She gave away the family's cat
She broke her sister's bank
Her mother found her marijuana
She was dating Mr. Wrong
10. Why did Rudy and Yolanda break up?
He was cheating on her
She would not have sex with him
She was cheating on him
They ran out of things to talk about
11. Which word made Yolanda break out in a rash?
Sky
Love
Kitten
Guava
12. What does Sandra worry she will turn into?
A monkey
Her mother
A doll
A dancer
13. What did Sofia do in Colombia?
Buy marijuana
Learn to dance
Meet her future husband
Get married
14. What does Yolanda have a craving to eat when she returns to the Dominican Republic?
Cake
Guavas
Mangos
Rice
15. Which sister writes poetry?
Sandra
Yolanda
Sofia
Carla
16. Which sister broke her arm?
Sandra
Sofia
Yolanda
Carla
17. Which sister ran off with a German?
Yolanda
Sandra
Carla
Sofia
18. Where did Carlos hide from the police?
In the basement
In the bedroom closet
In the pool
In a coffin
19. Where did Chucha prefer to sleep?
In a bed
In the yard
In a coffin
In the car
20. Where were the children not allowed to play within the family compound in the Dominican Republic?
The coal shed
The kitchen
The garage
The garden
21. What is Vic's secret CIA code for trouble?
"Have some pie"
"I have an itch"
"Where's my underwear?"
"Get your tennis shoes"
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