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

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

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

4. When did Puerto Rico become a U.S. colony?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1902.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Papi bring Margie to visit?

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

3. When Mami was fed up with Papi, where does she go?

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

5. What natural phenomenon opens "Mami Gets a Job"?

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