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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through El Mangle and Letters From New York.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Puerto Rico become a U.S. colony?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1898.

2. Who points at objects as the children sing "Pollito, chicken; gallina, hen; etc?"
(a) Miss Smith.
(b) Miss Jimenez.
(c) Esmeralda.
(d) Ramona.

3. Why does Esmeralda's mother call her Negi?
(a) It was her first word.
(b) It is a shortened version of her middle name.
(c) She has dark skin.
(d) She has dark hair.

4. The children smell what kind of soap when the men come home after work?
(a) Dial.
(b) Irish Spring.
(c) Dove.
(d) Palmolive.

5. Why does Esmeralda wear her special white dress in "El Mangle"?
(a) Esmeralda is baptized.
(b) Esmeralda participates in funeral rites.
(c) Esmeralda goes to a school function.
(d) Esmeralda must impress Mami's employer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papi order from the roadside stand when the get off the bus in "Why Women Remain Jamona"?

2. What does Mami put on the narrator's burned fingers?

3. When Esmeralda is living in Saturce, what nighttime sound does she miss most?

4. How many siblings did Mami's mother have?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the images in the botanica window Esmeralda passes in "El Mangle"?

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