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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. What does Marin do for work to earn money?
(a) She cleans houses.
(b) She sells Avon and babysits.
(c) She tutors children after school.
(d) She works as a clerk at the grocery store.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose father was it?

2. Who crumples like a coat and cries?

3. Why are Louie’s parents sending Marin back to P.R. next year?

4. Where does Marin’s boyfriend live?

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

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