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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 do Nenny and Esperanza resemble each other?
(a) They have the same thick hair.
(b) They are the same height.
(c) They have the same fat Popsicle lips.
(d) They have the same laughter.

2. What kind of dog does Meme have?
(a) A beagle.
(b) A golden retriever.
(c) A shepherd.
(d) A sheepdog.

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

4. Esperanza believes that boys and girls live in separate what?
(a) Times.
(b) She does not believe that there are that many differences between boys and girls.
(c) Quarters.
(d) Worlds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Esperanza’s mother’s advice for her?

2. How does she feel when she drives into another neighborhood of “another color”?

3. Why does Esperanza believe Rosa Vargas is so upset?

4. Who kisses Esperanza?

5. Who has too many kids?

(see the answer key)

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