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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why Women Remain Jamona and Mami Gets a Job.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Esmeralda injure herself in "Why Women Remain Jamona"?
(a) On the broken bed frame.
(b) In the bus door.
(c) In the doorjamb.
(d) On the stove.

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

3. When Mami was fed up with Papi, where does she go?
(a) Saturce.
(b) Nuevo York.
(c) La Parada.
(d) Macun.

4. When Mami arrives to pick up Esmeralda in "Why Women Remain Jamona", what amenity does Mami brag about having?
(a) Hot water.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Running water.
(d) Indoor plumbing.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the town people seek shelter at the opening of "Mami Gets a Job"?

2. To what does Esmeralda compare Miss Jimenez's calves?

3. Why doesn't Esmeralda change clothes after church in "Why Women Remain Jamona"?

4. What does Mami's skin smell like when she picks up Esmeralda?

5. At the end of the meeting in "The American Invasion of Macun", what does each family take home?

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