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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Angels on the Ceiling and You Don't Want to Know.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the governor of Puerto Rico during "The Invasion of Macun"?
(a) Raul Sanchez.
(b) Don Ignacio Santiago.
(c) Ike Eisenhower.
(d) Don Luis Munoz Marin.

2. What image on the experts' chart gives Mami the chills?
(a) The food pyramid.
(b) The diagram of the mouth.
(c) The snake.
(d) The image of the human heart.

3. How does Tata react to the news that Francisco has fallen ill?
(a) Tata prepares him special broths and creamy rice.
(b) Tata curses him for abandoning Mami.
(c) Tata lights a candle at Mass.
(d) Tata insists that he marry Mami so that their child will at least have a name.

4. At the end of the meeting in "The American Invasion of Macun", what does each family take home?
(a) A personalized dietary plan.
(b) A toothbrush and a tube of tooth paste.
(c) An apple.
(d) A week's worth of imported American food.

5. What does Esmeralda do to make life in El Mangle more pleasant?
(a) Esmeralda buries her sorrows in school work.
(b) Esmeralda sneaks home.
(c) Esmeralda draws pictures of nature.
(d) Esmeralda makes lots of new friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Brown, the homeroom teacher, wear?

2. The children smell what kind of soap when the men come home after work?

3. In "Someone is Coming to Take Your Lap", Esmeralda sees "ribbons" hanging from the trees. What are these "ribbons"?

4. Where does Mami go to visit the ailing Francisco?

5. To what does Esmeralda compare Miss Jimenez's calves?

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