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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Angels on the Ceiling and You Don't Want to Know.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Esmeralda wear her special white dress in "El Mangle"?
(a) Esmeralda goes to a school function.
(b) Esmeralda participates in funeral rites.
(c) Esmeralda is baptized.
(d) Esmeralda must impress Mami's employer.

2. What does Tata's breath smell like?
(a) Cigarettes and beer.
(b) Oregano.
(c) Bile.
(d) Coffee.

3. How many of their vocabulary words must the children use in to write their essays in "El Mangle"?
(a) No more than 5 vocabulary words.
(b) 3-4 vocabulary words.
(c) All of the vocabulary words.
(d) At least 5 vocabulary words.

4. In "Someone is Coming to Take Your Lap", Esmeralda sees "ribbons" hanging from the trees. What are these "ribbons"?
(a) Pig intestines drying for sausage.
(b) Christmas decorations.
(c) Hair ribbons hanging to dry.
(d) Confetti from the last celebration.

5. How does Tata react to the news that Francisco has fallen ill?
(a) Tata lights a candle at Mass.
(b) Tata prepares him special broths and creamy rice.
(c) Tata curses him for abandoning Mami.
(d) Tata insists that he marry Mami so that their child will at least have a name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the bags Mami carries off the plane?

2. What kind of math problem is Esmeralda called to the board to solve?

3. What does Dona Andrea give to Mami in "El Mangle"?

4. Why wouldn't a mugger find money in Mami's purse?

5. What does Miss Brown, the homeroom teacher, wear?

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