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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who finds Esmeralda's family a cab from the airport?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Don Luis.
(c) Tata.
(d) Don Julio.
2. How is Uncle Chico different from Tata and Don Julio?
(a) Chico drinks all day long, not just in the afternoon.
(b) Chico refuses to use profanity.
(c) Chico is on welfare.
(d) Chico smokes more heavily.
3. What color are Nicasia's eyes?
(a) One is green and one is brown.
(b) Brown with yellow flecks.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.
4. Why do Esmeralda and the children stay cooped up inside now that they live in Brooklyn?
(a) It is too cold to go outside.
(b) Mami doesn't trust that they will not get lost.
(c) The neighborhood is full of gente mala.
(d) The children have too much homework to play outside.
5. On which street does Esmeralda's family live in "Casi Senorita"?
(a) Calle Uno.
(b) Avenida San Juan.
(c) Calle Viejo.
(d) Calle Castro Vina.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which other family member lives with Tata?
2. How does Tata react to the news that Francisco has fallen ill?
3. Mami threatens the children that if they repeat the obscenities they hear, which of the following will happen?
4. What does Dona Andrea give to Mami in "El Mangle"?
5. What do the children use to block out the sound of the bar next door?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the vision of romance which Esmeralda receives from soap operas compare with the relationship model she receives from her parents?
2. Explain the deal Esmeralda strikes with Mr. Gray.
3. How does Esmeralda describe the stewardesses at the beginning of "Angels on the Ceiling"?
4. Discuss the interactions between Esmeralda's family and the taxi driver in "Angels on the Ceiling".
5. How does Esmeralda's family react when they learn that Francisco has cancer?
6. How does Mami react to the news that the doctors might need to amputate Raymond's foot one year after the accident?
7. Explain why Esmeralda laughs at Sra. Leona at the end of "El Mangle".
8. Discuss the letter that Esmeralda writes to her father and the family's reaction to it.
9. How does Francisco's family react to the news that he has cancer?
10. Why does Mami begin sending the children to Sunday school?
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