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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. What image on the experts' chart gives Mami the chills?
(a) The food pyramid.
(b) The diagram of the mouth.
(c) The snake.
(d) The image of the human heart.

2. What do the families hang from the rafters in "Mami Gets a Job"?
(a) Green bananas.
(b) Crucifixes.
(c) Streamers.
(d) Pig intestines.

3. When Esmeralda meets Rita, what does Rita's smile remind her of?
(a) Colgate toothpaste commercials.
(b) A famous actress.
(c) The Chiquita banana woman.
(d) Lipstick ads.

4. Esmeralda learns that which of the following is something reciprocally exchanged between adults?
(a) Money.
(b) Humor.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Dignidad.

5. What is sancocho?
(a) A beef soup with rice.
(b) A vegetable stew with cornmeal dumplings.
(c) A dish made with beans and rice.
(d) A fried meat pastry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Abuelo sleep?

2. Mami was happier before they moved to Macun. Which city did she live in before the move?

3. What does Papi order from the roadside stand when the get off the bus in "Why Women Remain Jamona"?

4. How many eggs does the hen in the yard lay?

5. What kind of music does Papi hum while he works?

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