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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 is Margie's mother's name?
(a) Provi.
(b) Ramona.
(c) Negi.
(d) Monin.

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

3. Where do the children sleep?
(a) Outside under the stars.
(b) On the floor.
(c) In a single bed.
(d) In hammocks.

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

5. Why is Mami afraid of the dirt floor in the new house?
(a) She's afraid of looking like a jibara.
(b) She doesn't like the feeling of dirt.
(c) She's afraid of the parasites living in the soil.
(d) She's afraid of the scorpions and spiders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place do the children sneak into to steal grapefruit?

2. Which amenity does Esmeralda's family share with another family?

3. Esmeralda learns that all men are which of the following?

4. What does Mami pour onto Papi's clothes when she throws them onto the porch?

5. Who is Margie?

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