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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. How many days does it take Esperanza to convince her mother to allow her to eat in the canteen?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

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

3. Why does Esperanza find these trees so miraculous?
(a) They are very tall.
(b) They are growing well in a patch of a neighborhood with little to sustain them.
(c) They have massive branches.
(d) They have exquisite flowers.

4. What does Nenny begin naming during the girls’ discussion?
(a) Different words for poor.
(b) Different types of clouds.
(c) Different words for “brat”.
(d) Different types of beans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Esperanza sent to school with a rice sandwich?

2. Why is Minerva black and blue?

3. Someday she says she’ll tell all of her secrets to whom?

4. Who is the landlord of the apartment buildings?

5. Where is Esperanza’s new job?

(see the answer key)

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