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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. Which amenity does Esmeralda's family share with another family?
(a) A patio.
(b) A kitchen.
(c) An outhouse.
(d) A bathroom.

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

3. What does Esmeralda call New York when she first hears that Tata has moved there?
(a) America.
(b) Nueva York.
(c) Alla.
(d) Los Nueva Yores.

4. What does Papi order from the roadside stand when the get off the bus in "Why Women Remain Jamona"?
(a) Two empanadas and a Pepsi.
(b) Two cafe con leches.
(c) Two alcapurrias and two Coca-Colas.
(d) A large plate of rice and beans.

5. At the end of the meeting in "The American Invasion of Macun", what does each family take home?
(a) A week's worth of imported American food.
(b) A personalized dietary plan.
(c) An apple.
(d) A toothbrush and a tube of tooth paste.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mami go to find a factory job?

2. Who points at objects as the children sing "Pollito, chicken; gallina, hen; etc?"

3. What is a jamona?

4. What color shirt does Papi want on Sunday morning?

5. What does Mami put on the narrator's burned fingers?

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