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

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

3. What is Mami's nickname?
(a) Rami.
(b) Mona.
(c) Ramona.
(d) Monin.

4. 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 often be drunk.
(c) She expects that they will squander their money.
(d) She expects that they will cheat on their wives.

5. How old is the narrator when her family arrives in Macun?
(a) 4.
(b) 17.
(c) 2.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is a jamona?

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

5. When Esmeralda is living in Saturce, what nighttime sound does she miss most?

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