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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. In "Someone is Coming to Take Your Lap", Esmeralda sees "ribbons" hanging from the trees. What are these "ribbons"?
(a) Pig intestines drying for sausage.
(b) Hair ribbons hanging to dry.
(c) Confetti from the last celebration.
(d) Christmas decorations.

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

3. What does Esmeralda sell at a stand in the yard?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Fruits and vegetables she picks off trees.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Empanadas.

4. Esmeralda learns that all men are which of the following?
(a) Hijos de la gran puta.
(b) Caballeros.
(c) Irresponsible fathers.
(d) Sinverguenzas.

5. What was the chief sin Esmeralda comes to expect from men?
(a) She expects that they will squander their money.
(b) She expects that they will be lazy.
(c) She expects that they will often be drunk.
(d) She expects that they will cheat on their wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who points at objects as the children sing "Pollito, chicken; gallina, hen; etc?"

2. What do Norma's eyes resemble?

3. What color shirt does Papi want on Sunday morning?

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

5. What does Esmeralda call New York when she first hears that Tata has moved there?

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