How the Garcia the Girls Lost their Accents Book Quiz

What are the four main character's names in the book?

*hint the four girls

• Kathy, Lily, Rose, Emma

• There is only one girl and her name is Yolanda

• Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, Sofia

• The main characters are boys.

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What was Yolanda's passion in the book?

• Poetry

• Skateboarding

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What was the main conflict in the story for the girls when they moved from the Dominican Republic to New York?

*It had to do with school

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What did the boys from the girl's school throw at them when they would walk home? And why did they throw things at them?

• Rocks because they had different skin tones and accents

• Paper balls because they did not eat their lunch

• Leaves because they where mean

• Water Bottles because the kids thought that the girls where weird.

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What did the girl's mother like to call Carla, Sandra, Yolanda and Sofia? And why was she proud of it?

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What was the name of the woman that the father worked for? And what was the conflict with her?

• Ms. Morgan and the conflict was that she did not like the father

• Ms. Fanning and the conflict was that she had feelings for the girl's dad

• Ms. Lady and the conflict was that she had a dog and the father was allergic to dogs

• Julie and there was no conflict between them

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Why does Sandra have a breakdown?

• She wanted to be skinny like the other girls

• She did not like her dinner

• She was tired of being with her family

• She did not want to go home

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Which sister runs away to marry her husband? And why did she have to run away to marry him?

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Which sister is the psychiatrist? And why did the mother not approve of the job?

• Carla and her mother did not approve of the job because she did not what her daughter working with people that have mental illnesses

• Sandra and her mother did not approve of the job because she did not like the other women who worked there.

• Sofia and her mother had no problem with her job

• Yolanda and her mother was no longer alive

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Which sister dated Rudy and why was it a problem?

• Sandra and it was a problem because he was to fat

• Yolanda and it was a problem because her mother did not approve of him

• Carla and it was a problem because the dad had trust issues

• Sofia and it was a problem because he had a dog

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