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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 42: "Alicia & I Talking on Edna's Steps".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Meme’s real name?
(a) Juan.
(b) Edna.
(c) Louie.
(d) Carlos.

2. How does she describe Nenny’s hair?
(a) As furry.
(b) As slippery.
(c) As wet.
(d) As fluffy.

3. Why does Esperanza think that Rachel and Lucy look alike?
(a) They have the same laughter.
(b) They are the same height.
(c) They have the same thick hair.
(d) They have the same fat Popsicle lips.

4. What/who goes with Earl everywhere?
(a) His son.
(b) His red-tailed macaw.
(c) His wife.
(d) Two little black dogs.

5. What does Minerva do after her children have gone to sleep?
(a) Cry.
(b) Fight with her husband.
(c) Drink wine.
(d) Write poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Minerva already have?

2. Esperanza reads that Eskimos have thirty different names for what?

3. At the end of this vignette she uses a metaphor to compare herself to a what?

4. What does Esperanza’s name mean in English?

5. Who is too young to be her friend?

(see the answer key)

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