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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Someone Is Coming to Take Your Lap and American Invastion of Macun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Papi's skin?
(a) Pink.
(b) Carob.
(c) Dusty.
(d) Yellow.

2. What type of bugs swarm Esmeralda when she picked up the old floor boards?
(a) Roaches.
(b) Maggots.
(c) Ants.
(d) Termites.

3. When Esmeralda meets Rita, what does Rita's smile remind her of?
(a) A famous actress.
(b) The Chiquita banana woman.
(c) Colgate toothpaste commercials.
(d) Lipstick ads.

4. What is Mami's nickname?
(a) Monin.
(b) Ramona.
(c) Rami.
(d) Mona.

5. What was the chief sin Esmeralda comes to expect from men?
(a) She expects that they will often be drunk.
(b) She expects that they will cheat on their wives.
(c) She expects that they will be lazy.
(d) She expects that they will squander their money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mami pour onto Papi's clothes when she throws them onto the porch?

2. In "Someone is Coming to Steal Your Lap", how does Mami react to the rain?

3. Who points at objects as the children sing "Pollito, chicken; gallina, hen; etc?"

4. In "Someone is Coming to Take Your Lap", Esmeralda sees "ribbons" hanging from the trees. What are these "ribbons"?

5. How many siblings did Mami's mother have?

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