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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: "And Some More".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Esperanza believes that other people who wander into her neighborhood believe they will be attacked with what?
(a) Guns.
(b) Fists.
(c) Shiny knives.
(d) Machetes.

2. What happened to the winner?
(a) They won a bag of candy.
(b) They broke both arms.
(c) They got to ride the bike for a week.
(d) Their mother grounded them.

3. In Spanish what does she feel like her name means?
(a) “It means hope.”
(b) “It means luck and prosperity.”
(c) “It means sadness. It means waiting.”
(d) “It means shame.”

4. Why must Alicia be the one to wake early to make the lunchbox tortillas?
(a) Her mother has died and she is the oldest woman in the house.
(b) All of the above.
(c) No one else in her family will do it.
(d) Her father told her she must.

5. What does she plan on doing as soon as she gets back to P.R.?
(a) Marry her boyfriend.
(b) Have more children.
(c) Attend university.
(d) Teach elementary school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the “little one’s” name?

2. What does Nenny want to buy, but Gil tells her it is not for sale?

3. What is Alicia afraid of?

4. What is Meme’s real name?

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

(see the answer key)

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