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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Shot at It and Epilogue: One of These Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the closest city to Macun?
(a) San Juan.
(b) Santo Domingo.
(c) Santurce.
(d) Bayamon.

2. Which authority figure in Esmeralda's life is so gullible as to believe everything the children tell him/her?
(a) Dona Andrea.
(b) Titi Generosa.
(c) Don Luis.
(d) Abuela.

3. What is a bohio?
(a) A traditional card game.
(b) A small city dwelling.
(c) A peasant's country house.
(d) A traditional jibara song.

4. What class level is Esmeralda placed at when she enrolls in school in "A Shot At It"?
(a) 9-3.
(b) 9-1.
(c) 10-1.
(d) 10-3.

5. How many children in total did Mami have?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why wouldn't a mugger find money in Mami's purse?

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

3. How does Esmeralda feel right before she begins her audition?

4. Which tradition do Esmeralda and her partner pantomime?

5. What type of bugs swarm Esmeralda when she picked up the old floor boards?

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