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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Someone Is Coming to Take Your Lap and American Invastion of Macun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Esmeralda throw up in the cafeteria?
(a) Milk with peanut butter.
(b) Corn beef hash.
(c) Huevos Americanos.
(d) Apple sauce.

2. What is Esmeralda called when she is surprised by the pencil sharpener?
(a) An idiot.
(b) A jibara.
(c) A tonta.
(d) A heathen.

3. Which amenity does Esmeralda's family share with another family?
(a) A patio.
(b) A kitchen.
(c) A bathroom.
(d) An outhouse.

4. What does Mami's skin smell like when she picks up Esmeralda?
(a) Olives and roses.
(b) Soap and rice.
(c) Cedar and smoke.
(d) Oregano and wood smoke.

5. What does Mami put on the narrator's burned fingers?
(a) Aloe.
(b) Neosporin.
(c) Vicks VapoRub.
(d) Alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which trolley stop number is Esmeralda's new home located at?

2. To what does the narrator compare her family's first house?

3. What does Esmeralda describe as a "mound" with "watery edges"?

4. In "The American Invasion of Macun", what does the expert pull out of a suitcase?

5. When Mami was fed up with Papi, where does she go?

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