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

2. 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 misses her abuelito.
(c) She thinks of her own father dying.
(d) She thinks of dying herself.

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

4. Where does Marin’s boyfriend live?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Texas.
(d) Arizona.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marin do when her aunt goes to sleep?

2. Who has died at the beginning of this vignette?

3. Why is Minerva black and blue?

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

5. What is the age difference between Minerva and Esperanza?

(see the answer key)

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