Question
Answer the following about the appearance of guavas in literature, for 10 points each.
[10e] The first sentence of Esmeralda Santiago’s memoir of growing up on this island mentions “guavas at the Shop & Save.” Spanish-speaking authors from this American island territory include Giannina Braschi and José Rivera.
ANSWER: Puerto Rico [or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico] (Santiago’s memoir is When I Was Puerto Rican.)
[10h] In this novel, Yolanda pretends not to speak Spanish after getting a flat tire in a guava field. This novel uses reverse chronology to detail the lives of four sisters in America after they flee the Trujillo (“troo-HEE-yo”) regime.
ANSWER: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (by Julia Alvarez)
[10m] This author wrote about Sampath, who lives in a guava tree after getting fired from the post office, in her novel Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. This author also wrote The Inheritance of Loss.
ANSWER: Kiran Desai [reject “Anita Desai”]
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