When I Was Puerto Rican Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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When I Was Puerto Rican Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mami pour onto Papi's clothes when she throws them onto the porch?
(a) Water.
(b) Mud.
(c) Oil.
(d) Coffee.

2. What is ron canita?
(a) A Saturce dance.
(b) A Christmas dish.
(c) A song dedicated to women and liquor.
(d) A homemade rum.

3. What is mavi, the beverage that Papi makes in "Mami Gets a Job"?
(a) Wine.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Bark beer.
(d) Rum.

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

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

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

7. To what does Esmeralda compare Abuela's palms in "Why Women Remain Jamona"?
(a) An avocado pit.
(b) Leather.
(c) An old cloth.
(d) Butter.

8. What do the families hang from the rafters in "Mami Gets a Job"?
(a) Streamers.
(b) Pig intestines.
(c) Green bananas.
(d) Crucifixes.

9. How old is the narrator when her family arrives in Macun?
(a) 2.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 17.

10. What image on the experts' chart gives Mami the chills?
(a) The image of the human heart.
(b) The snake.
(c) The diagram of the mouth.
(d) The food pyramid.

11. What can Esmeralda hear from the stoop as she holds back tears in "Why Women Remain Jamona"?
(a) The sound of the water lapping the shore.
(b) The sound of Papi fighting with Abuela.
(c) The sound of the telephone ringing downstairs.
(d) The sound of Abuela praying the rosary.

12. How are the houses in Saturce different than the houses in Macun?
(a) The homes in Saturce are maintained and the lawns are manicured.
(b) The houses in Saturce are equipped with running water and electric light bulbs.
(c) The houses in Saturce are bigger.
(d) The houses in Saturce are run down.

13. Where do the town people seek shelter at the opening of "Mami Gets a Job"?
(a) The school.
(b) The local church.
(c) Dona Ana's.
(d) Tata's.

14. Who is Margie?
(a) Ramona's sister.
(b) Pablo's sister.
(c) Esmeralda's half-sister.
(d) Pablo's mistress.

15. How many avocado trees does the family have left after the disaster in "Mami Gets a Job"?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Esmeralda's mother call her Negi?

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

3. Where does Abuelo sleep?

4. Why won't Abuela make breakfast before Mass?

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

(see the answer keys)

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