- 1. In which country was Julia Alvarez born?
A) Puerto Rico
B) Dominican Republic
C) Cuba
D) Mexico
- 2. What is the title of Julia Alvarez's debut novel?
A) How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
B) Before We Were Free
C) In the Time of the Butterflies
D) In the Name of Salomé
- 3. What year was Julia Alvarez's novel 'How the García Girls Lost Their Accents' published?
A) 1987
B) 1995
C) 2000
D) 1991
- 4. Julia Alvarez is also known for her poetry. What is the title of her first poetry collection?
A) Once Upon a Quinceañera
B) Homecoming
C) The Woman I Kept to Myself
D) The Other Side/El Otro Lado
- 5. Julia Alvarez's novel 'In the Time of the Butterflies' is based on the true story of which group of sisters?
A) Ramirez Sisters
B) Mirabal Sisters
C) García Sisters
D) Lopez Sisters
- 6. In Julia Alvarez's novel 'In the Name of Salomé', which historical figure does the title refer to?
A) Salomé Fernandez
B) Salomé Valdez
C) Salomé Ramirez
D) Salomé Ureña
- 7. Julia Alvarez received recognition for her contribution to American literature with which prestigious award in 2013?
A) Man Booker Prize
B) Nobel Prize in Literature
C) National Medal of Arts
D) Pulitzer Prize
- 8. Which university did Julia Alvarez teach creative writing and Latino literature at for over 20 years?
A) Middlebury College
B) Harvard University
C) Yale University
D) NYU
- 9. What is the title of the historical novel written by Julia Alvarez and published in 2018?
A) Before We Were Free
B) In the Time of the Butterflies
C) How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
D) Afterlife
- 10. Which of Julia Alvarez's novels is a fictionalized account of the Mirabal sisters during Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic?
A) In the Name of Salomé
B) How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
C) Yo
D) In the Time of the Butterflies
- 11. What genre does Julia Alvarez primarily write?
A) Fiction
B) Science Fiction
C) Poetry
D) Biography
- 12. Julia Alvarez is known for writing in both English and which other language?
A) Spanish
B) French
C) Arabic
D) Mandarin
- 13. Julia Alvarez's parents were involved in which field of work?
A) Engineering
B) Law
C) Teaching
D) Medicine
- 14. In which year did Julia Alvarez publish the novel 'In the Time of the Butterflies'?
A) 1979
B) 1994
C) 2003
D) 1988
- 15. Julia Alvarez currently resides in which state?
A) Georgia
B) Maryland
C) Vermont
D) Oregon
- 16. What is the title of Julia Alvarez's collection of essays on life as an immigrant and writer?
A) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
B) The Great Gatsby
C) The Sun Also Rises
D) Something to Declare
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