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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Casi Senorita and Dreams of a Better Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what does Papi fashion a private room for himself?
(a) A sheet.
(b) A closet.
(c) Boards left over from his job.
(d) A toolshed.

3. Why can't Papi bring Margie to visit?
(a) She has moved to New York.
(b) Margie's mother won't allow her to leave with him.
(c) Mami won't let him bring her to the house.
(d) Margie is afraid of the bus.

4. What does Esmeralda do to make life in El Mangle more pleasant?
(a) Esmeralda makes lots of new friends.
(b) Esmeralda sneaks home.
(c) Esmeralda buries her sorrows in school work.
(d) Esmeralda draws pictures of nature.

5. What color is Papi's skin?
(a) Pink.
(b) Carob.
(c) Dusty.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the images in the botanica window Esmeralda passes in "El Mangle"?

3. What do the children use to block out the sound of the bar next door?

4. What kind of music does Papi hum while he works?

5. How old is the narrator when her family arrives in Macun?

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