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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. Who visits Earl on a regular basis?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) Different women, presumably prostitutes.

2. What happens to Angel Vargas?
(a) He is playing on the roof and pretends to fly, only to fall to his death.
(b) He is hit and killed by a car.
(c) He gets head lice and is sent home from school.
(d) He breaks his arms from jumping out of a tree.

3. Esperanza is overcome with grief at the end of this vignette, why is this?
(a) She misses her abuelito.
(b) She thinks of her own father dying.
(c) She thinks of dying herself.
(d) She hates funerals and does not want to go.

4. What does Esperanza once buy for a dime?
(a) A book.
(b) A baby doll.
(c) A porcelain mug.
(d) A statue of liberty figurine.

5. The Vargas kids are without respect for _________?
(a) People.
(b) Animals.
(c) Nature.
(d) All things living.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Esperanza’s mother forgotten to buy?

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

3. What is the “big one’s” name?

4. Why does Esperanza go to the fortune-teller?

5. What is Meme’s real name?

(see the answer key)

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