How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Quizzes

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Quiz 1

1 Why do Tio Orlando and Tio Ignacio agree to pass Manuel Gustavo off as Tio Ignacio's son?
To protect Tio Orlando's marriage and convince the relatives that Tio Ignacio isn’t gay

Tio Ignacio is already a known as sexually loose, while Tio Orlando has a spotless reputation

Manuel Gustavo likes Tio Ignacio better

Manuel Gustavo looks like Tio Ignacio
2 What three figures do the girls cite to display their feminism on the Island?
Virginia Woolf, Susan B. Anthony, Mary Wollstonecraft

Eudora Welty, Cleopatra, Lakshmi

Virginia Woolf, Eudora Welty, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Betty Friedan, Betsy Ross, Susan B. Anthony
3 Why does Yolanda refuse to have sex with Rudy, both in college and after they graduate?
He never comes to class on time and makes him help her write his poems

She's afraid that she'll become pregnant

His irreverence towards language and sex makes her feel that he doesn't respect her

He's not in love with her, and this breaks Yolanda's heart
4 Why does Papi decide to become un dominican-york?
To flee the political instability and revolution in the Dominican Republic

He was in the dictator’s inner circle.

The food is better in New York.

The United States had more opportunities for his daughters.
5 How did Mami differentiate the daughters when they were young?
Each girl had a special hairstyle.

Each girl had her own color.

Each girl had her own special food.

Each girl played a different instrument.
6 What is Carla's opinion about the scheme Mami used to differentiate the girls when they were young?
She thinks her mother shouldn’t have tried to tell them apart.

She thinks children benefit from being placed into ordered regimes.

She thinks it caused the daughters problems in differentiating themselves.

She thinks it was a smart way to tell the daughters apart.
7 How is Sandra different from her sisters?
She is the only one interested in boys.

She is the only one to see a psychiatrist.

She is the only one who won't eat pasta.

She is the only one with blue eyes and light skin.
8 What is a symptom of Sandra's breakdown?
She thinks she’s a monkey.

She burned her bra.

She is a chronic liar.

She hallucinates.
9 How does Sofía offend her father on his birthday?
She won’t let him talk to his grandchildren.

She accuses him of tyranny and misogyny.

She refuses to kiss him goodnight.

She arouses him in public by kissing his ear.
10 How did Carla and her husband, the analyst, meet?
At a bar.

He was her analyst after her first marriage.

Carla was the psychiatrist for his children.

At a psychiatric convention.
11 Why are Sofía and her father on bad terms?
She refused to go to boarding school.

He found her marijuana.

She ran away after he discovered her love letters.

She refused to marry the man he chose.
12 What words give Yolanda an allergic reaction?
spirit, love

Yolanda, sex

love, alive

Doctor, Yolanda
13 What is the primary symptom of Yolanda's breakdown?
She is incapable of falling in love.

She refuses to eat.

She thinks she is a monkey.

She quotes literature compulsively.
14 What is Papi's favorite saying?
"Good bulls sire cows."

"Girls should be seen, never heard."

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

"Curiosity killed the cat."
15 What is the title of the list belonging to John that Yolanda finds?
for-and-against-slash-Joe-slash-divorce

for-and-against-slash-Joe-slash-wife

women-I-love-slash-hate

to live-slash-die
16 What is the main difference between Yolanda's first love sonnet and Rudy's?
Hers is personal while his is generic.

Her sonnet rhymes and his doesn’t.

The class likes hers but finds his offensive.

Her sonnet is elevated while his is full of sexual references.
17 Why does Manuel Gustavo refuse to wear a condom?
He thinks it will make him infertile.

He loves Fifi.

He wants to have a child with Fifi and marry her.

He thinks it makes him look ugly.
18 What happens when Yolanda meets the two men in Altamira?
They speak rudely to her but don’t hurt her.

They kidnap her and steal her car.

They fix her tires and refuse payment.

They fix her tires and demand payment.
19 What is Yolanda's main problem with Rudy Elmenhurst?
He uses coarse language to talk about sex.

He doesn’t respect her Catholic upbringing.

He won’t wear a condom.

He won’t write poems about her.
20 What word best describes Yolanda in high school?
Vivacious

Aloof

Ditzy

Beautiful
21 What is the name of the hospital Sandra is sent to?
Mount Hope

Mayo Clinic

Payne Clinic

Our Lady of Mercy
22 What is the father's main demand on his birthday each year?
That the girls bring him gifts.

That the girls help their mother cook.

That the girls come without their husbands.

That the girls not wear make-up or perfume when they arrive.
23 What did Mami call the four girls when they were young?
Amorcita

Cuquita

Chiquita

Cutie
24 What is the name of Fifi's husband?
Rudy Elmenhurst

Manuel Gustavo

Clive

Otto
25 Who wrote the autobiographical paper "I Was There Too" and what was it about?
Yolanda wrote it about trying to become a poet

Sandi wrote it about struggling with mental disorder

Carla wrote it about her mother's child-rearing techniques

Papi wrote it about fighting in the Revolution on the Island

What did mother and father disagree about after Trujillo's regime was ended?

Father wanted to return to Dominican Republic; Mother was happy in America.

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Which of the following inferences about Lucinda’s relationship with Yolanda is best supported by page 4?

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In what ways is carlas transformation into a woman representative of her becoming an american

The eldest of the four sisters, Carla was around 12 when the family moved to the United States, and had great difficulty adjusting to the new country. Her disturbing experience of going through puberty in an alien—and sometimes hostile—culture may...

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