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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Shot at It and Epilogue: One of These Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must Esmeralda use her right hand to cross herself?
(a) Esmeralda is a child and must cross with her right hand.
(b) Esmeralda injured her left hand to gain Abuela's sympathy.
(c) The left hand is the Devil's hand.
(d) Esmeralda's left hand has an unsightly mole.

2. Which tradition do Esmeralda and her partner pantomime?
(a) Decorating a Christmas tree.
(b) Praying in church.
(c) Carving a pumpkin.
(d) Opening birthday presents.

3. What type of accent does the nutrition expert have which prevents him from being readily understood?
(a) Castillian.
(b) English.
(c) U.S. American.
(d) Portugese.

4. How does Esmeralda feel right before she begins her audition?
(a) Esmeralda is exhuberant and cannot wait to perform.
(b) Esmeralda feels cocky, but knows she should be nervous.
(c) Esmeralda feels nothing at all.
(d) Esmeralda wishes a thunderbolt would strike her dead.

5. From what does Papi fashion a private room for himself?
(a) A closet.
(b) Boards left over from his job.
(c) A sheet.
(d) A toolshed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many rooms does the family have in Tata's house?

3. With what does Esmeralda fill her skirt at Lalao's finca?

4. What happens to Dona Cony in "El Mangle"?

5. When did Puerto Rico become a U.S. colony?

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