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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33: "Minerva Writes Poems".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Louie’s parents sending Marin back to P.R. next year?
(a) She is too expensive to feed and house.
(b) They say she is too much trouble.
(c) She's pregnant.
(d) She refuses to babysit.

2. What does Minerva do after her children have gone to sleep?
(a) Cry.
(b) Fight with her husband.
(c) Write poems.
(d) Drink wine.

3. What does Minerva already have?
(a) A house.
(b) A college degree.
(c) Two kids and a husband, who left.
(d) Wrinkles.

4. Esperanza is overcome with grief at the end of this vignette, why is this?
(a) She hates funerals and does not want to go.
(b) She thinks of her own father dying.
(c) She misses her abuelito.
(d) She thinks of dying herself.

5. What is the age difference between Minerva and Esperanza?
(a) Minerva is a little bit older than Esperanza.
(b) Minerva is significantly younger than Esperanza.
(c) Minerva is significantly older than Esperanza.
(d) Minerva is a little bit younger than Esperanza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marin do for work to earn money?

2. Whose father was it?

3. Where does Marin’s boyfriend live?

4. What does she plan on doing as soon as she gets back to P.R.?

5. Who crumples like a coat and cries?

(see the answer key)

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