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

2. What does Marin do when her aunt goes to sleep?
(a) She cooks and makes lunches for all of the kids the following day.
(b) She stands under the streetlights smoking and listening to the radio.
(c) She sews baby clothing.
(d) Drinks tequila.

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

4. Whose father was it?
(a) Esperanza’s mother’s father.
(b) Esperanza’s father’s father.
(c) Esperanza’s.
(d) Aunt Lupe’s father.

5. Who has died at the beginning of this vignette?
(a) Esperanza’s abuelito.
(b) Esperanza’s Aunt Lupe.
(c) Esperanza’s Papa.
(d) Esperanza’s younger sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Minerva already have?

2. What does Minerva do after her children have gone to sleep?

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

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

5. Where does Marin’s boyfriend live?

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