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

2. What excuse does Papi give for not having money to bring home to the family?
(a) He says he gave an advance to a worker.
(b) He says his contract fell through.
(c) He says his boss hasn't paid him yet.
(d) He says he has to support his daughter.

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

4. What do Norma's eyes resemble?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Sunflowers.
(c) Moons.
(d) Violets.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why can't Papi bring Margie to visit?

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

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

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