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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. Where does Tata live?
(a) In the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn.
(b) In Macun.
(c) On the Lower East Side.
(d) In Saturce.

2. To what does the narrator compare her family's first house?
(a) A hovel.
(b) An outhouse.
(c) A lard can.
(d) A sardine can.

3. Why does Esmeralda's mother call her Negi?
(a) It was her first word.
(b) It is a shortened version of her middle name.
(c) She has dark hair.
(d) She has dark skin.

4. The children smell what kind of soap when the men come home after work?
(a) Dove.
(b) Palmolive.
(c) Dial.
(d) Irish Spring.

5. What type of bugs swarm Esmeralda when she picked up the old floor boards?
(a) Roaches.
(b) Termites.
(c) Maggots.
(d) Ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Esmeralda meets Rita, what does Rita's smile remind her of?

2. What is ron canita?

3. How many siblings did Mami's mother have?

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

5. How many avocado trees does the family have left after the disaster in "Mami Gets a Job"?

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