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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37: "What Sally Said".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nenny want to buy, but Gil tells her it is not for sale?
(a) A shawl.
(b) A music box.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A baby doll.

2. Why does Esperanza believe that life is easier for Nenny?
(a) Because Nenny is naïve.
(b) Because Nenny is tall.
(c) Because Nenny is beautiful.
(d) Because Nenny is young.

3. Who helps her disguise her wounds?
(a) Esperanza.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

4. Who is too young to be her friend?
(a) Nenny, her younger sister.
(b) Titus, the neighbor boy.
(c) Kiki, her brother.
(d) Lucy, the neighbor girl.

5. Where does Earl live?
(a) With Rosa Vargas.
(b) With Louie’s family.
(c) With Edna and Ruthie.
(d) In Edna’s basement apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sally’s father believe beauty brings?

2. With whom is Louie friends with?

3. What does Earl do for a living?

4. How has Esperanza “begun her own quiet war”?

5. What do the canteen kids where around their necks?

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