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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 tutors children after school.
(c) She works as a clerk at the grocery store.
(d) She sells Avon and babysits.

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 dying herself.
(d) She thinks of her own father dying.

3. Why is Minerva black and blue?
(a) She is very clumsy.
(b) She is sick with cancer.
(c) Her children beat her.
(d) Her husband beats her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose father was it?

3. Who crumples like a coat and cries?

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

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

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