Character
Mami's real name
What is Laura
Papi did this to Yolanda after hearing her speech
What is tearing it apart?
Who's point of view was the chapter from?
Yolanda, Papi, and Mami
How does Mami feel about Yolanda's speech
Does Mami want to go back to the Dominican republic? Why not?
No because "She did not want to go back to the old country where, de la Torre or not, she was only a wife and a mother" (Alvarez 143).
The daughter who was asked to deliver the Teachers Day assembly speech
What is Yolanda
What is Yolanda's speech
Papi is doing this when Yolanda comes to show him her speech
What is reading the newspaper
To help Yolanda write her speech
What would Papi ask Yolanda when he passed her room
"Have you fufilled your obligations"
Papi's real name
What is Carlos?
This made Yolanda forgive Papi
What is a typewriter?
Why does Papi hate Yolanda's speech
The pet name Mami uses for all of her daughters
What is Cuquita?
Who did Laura remind Yolanda of when she was worried about not having a speech written?
Mami's obsession when she came to America
What is inventing?
An american copied her design and made lots of money
Papi is afraid of this (hint: not realted to revolution)
What is independent American Women?
The place Mami says she will end up when her daughters are bothering her
Who inspired Yolanda's speech
Whitman's poem
Something Yoyo wanted in the beginning of the chapter and got later on
What is a typewritter?
Yolanda calls her father this in anger
What is Chapita
What was Papi's expression after hearing the speech
His mouth is dropped open
How did Mami speak english (what literary device does she usually speak in?)
What is Idioms and sayings
Why is Yolanda so happy about her speech
Because, "she finally sounded like herself in English" (Alvarez 143).