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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 36: "A Smart Cookie".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Esperanza want?
(a) More siblings.
(b) A new jacket.
(c) A boyfriend to hold her.
(d) A new job so that she can leave Mango Street.

2. 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) Her father told her she must.
(d) No one else in her family will do it.

3. Before Aunt Lupe’s illness, she used to enjoy what activity?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Running.
(c) Jumping rope.
(d) Hiking.

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

5. Where does Esperanza’s family go?
(a) To a funeral.
(b) To a wedding.
(c) To a Quinceañera.
(d) To a party after her cousin’s baptism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls find in this vignette?

2. Who doesn’t appreciate the trees?

3. Where does Esperanza want her house?

4. What kind of dog does Meme have?

5. What does Rafaela’s husband do on Tuesday nights?

(see the answer key)

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