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

2. Where do the children sleep?
(a) In a single bed.
(b) On the floor.
(c) Outside under the stars.
(d) In hammocks.

3. When Mami arrives to pick up Esmeralda in "Why Women Remain Jamona", what amenity does Mami brag about having?
(a) Hot water.
(b) Running water.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Indoor plumbing.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Uncle Chico different from Tata and Don Julio?

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

3. What color is Mami's skin?

4. What is wrong with the food Esmeralda eats on the plane to New York?

5. Mami was happier before they moved to Macun. Which city did she live in before the move?

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