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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 color is Mami's skin?
(a) Rusty.
(b) Pink.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Deep brown.

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

3. What skill does Abuela teach Esmeralda?
(a) Needlepoint.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Rolling pastries.
(d) Knitting.

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

5. Why must Esmeralda use her right hand to cross herself?
(a) Esmeralda injured her left hand to gain Abuela's sympathy.
(b) Esmeralda's left hand has an unsightly mole.
(c) Esmeralda is a child and must cross with her right hand.
(d) The left hand is the Devil's hand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many mango trees does the family lose in "Mami Gets a Job"?

3. What did Esmeralda volunteer to do at school?

4. What is mavi, the beverage that Papi makes in "Mami Gets a Job"?

5. In "Someone is Coming to Take Your Lap", Esmeralda sees "ribbons" hanging from the trees. What are these "ribbons"?

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