How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Quizzes

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Quiz 1

By Mai Wang · Edited by Bella Wang · Last reviewed September 29, 2010

1 Why do Tio Orlando and Tio Ignacio agree to pass Manuel Gustavo off as Tio Ignacio's son?

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

Manuel Gustavo looks like Tio Ignacio

Manuel Gustavo likes Tio Ignacio better

To protect Tio Orlando's marriage and convince the relatives that Tio Ignacio isn’t gay
2 What three figures do the girls cite to display their feminism on the Island?

Virginia Woolf, Eudora Welty, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Betty Friedan, Betsy Ross, Susan B. Anthony

Virginia Woolf, Susan B. Anthony, Mary Wollstonecraft

Eudora Welty, Cleopatra, Lakshmi
3 Why does Yolanda refuse to have sex with Rudy, both in college and after they graduate?

She's afraid that she'll become pregnant

He's not in love with her, and this breaks Yolanda's heart

He never comes to class on time and makes him help her write his poems

His irreverence towards language and sex makes her feel that he doesn't respect her
4 Why does Papi decide to become un dominican-york?

He was in the dictator’s inner circle.

The United States had more opportunities for his daughters.

To flee the political instability and revolution in the Dominican Republic

The food is better in New York.
5 How did Mami differentiate the daughters when they were young?

Each girl had her own special food.

Each girl had a special hairstyle.

Each girl played a different instrument.

Each girl had her own color.
6 What is Carla's opinion about the scheme Mami used to differentiate the girls when they were young?

She thinks it caused the daughters problems in differentiating themselves.

She thinks her mother shouldn’t have tried to tell them apart.

She thinks it was a smart way to tell the daughters apart.

She thinks children benefit from being placed into ordered regimes.
7 How is Sandra different from her sisters?

She is the only one with blue eyes and light skin.

She is the only one interested in boys.

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

She is the only one to see a psychiatrist.
8 What is a symptom of Sandra's breakdown?

She hallucinates.

She is a chronic liar.

She thinks she’s a monkey.

She burned her bra.
9 How does Sofía offend her father on his birthday?

She won’t let him talk to his grandchildren.

She arouses him in public by kissing his ear.

She refuses to kiss him goodnight.

She accuses him of tyranny and misogyny.
10 How did Carla and her husband, the analyst, meet?

He was her analyst after her first marriage.

At a psychiatric convention.

Carla was the psychiatrist for his children.

At a bar.
11 Why are Sofía and her father on bad terms?

She refused to go to boarding school.

She refused to marry the man he chose.

She ran away after he discovered her love letters.

He found her marijuana.
12 What words give Yolanda an allergic reaction?

spirit, love

Doctor, Yolanda

Yolanda, sex

love, alive
13 What is the primary symptom of Yolanda's breakdown?

She refuses to eat.

She quotes literature compulsively.

She thinks she is a monkey.

She is incapable of falling in love.
14 What is Papi's favorite saying?

"Good bulls sire cows."

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

"Girls should be seen, never heard."

"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

to live-slash-die

women-I-love-slash-hate
16 What is the main difference between Yolanda's first love sonnet and Rudy's?

Her sonnet is elevated while his is full of sexual references.

The class likes hers but finds his offensive.

Hers is personal while his is generic.

Her sonnet rhymes and his doesn’t.
17 Why does Manuel Gustavo refuse to wear a condom?

He thinks it makes him look ugly.

He loves Fifi.

He thinks it will make him infertile.

He wants to have a child with Fifi and marry her.
18 What happens when Yolanda meets the two men in Altamira?

They fix her tires and refuse payment.

They kidnap her and steal her car.

They fix her tires and demand payment.

They speak rudely to her but don’t hurt her.
19 What is Yolanda's main problem with Rudy Elmenhurst?

He doesn’t respect her Catholic upbringing.

He won’t write poems about her.

He uses coarse language to talk about sex.

He won’t wear a condom.
20 What word best describes Yolanda in high school?

Aloof

Beautiful

Vivacious

Ditzy
21 What is the name of the hospital Sandra is sent to?

Payne Clinic

Our Lady of Mercy

Mount Hope

Mayo Clinic
22 What is the father's main demand on his birthday each year?

That the girls come without their husbands.

That the girls help their mother cook.

That the girls not wear make-up or perfume when they arrive.

That the girls bring him gifts.
23 What did Mami call the four girls when they were young?

Amorcita

Chiquita

Cuquita

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

Clive

Otto

Rudy Elmenhurst

Manuel Gustavo
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

Papi wrote it about fighting in the Revolution on the Island

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

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