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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color shirt does Papi want on Sunday morning?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) It used to be white, but now it's brownish.
(d) Blue.

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

4. To what does the narrator compare her family's first house?
(a) A lard can.
(b) A hovel.
(c) An outhouse.
(d) A sardine can.

5. What is Margie's mother's name?
(a) Ramona.
(b) Provi.
(c) Monin.
(d) Negi.

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

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

8. Why must Esmeralda use her right hand to cross herself?
(a) The left hand is the Devil's hand.
(b) Esmeralda is a child and must cross with her right hand.
(c) Esmeralda's left hand has an unsightly mole.
(d) Esmeralda injured her left hand to gain Abuela's sympathy.

9. The children smell what kind of soap when the men come home after work?
(a) Palmolive.
(b) Dove.
(c) Dial.
(d) Irish Spring.

10. What type of bugs swarm Esmeralda when she picked up the old floor boards?
(a) Ants.
(b) Maggots.
(c) Termites.
(d) Roaches.

11. In "The American Invasion of Macun", what does the expert pull out of a suitcase?
(a) A bag of toothbrushes.
(b) A model of the human heart.
(c) A huge set of teeth.
(d) A diagram of the digestive system.

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

13. Which Puerto Rican food does the American food expert fail to recognize?
(a) Soursop.
(b) Breadfruit.
(c) Starfruit.
(d) Guava.

14. Esmeralda learns that which of the following is something reciprocally exchanged between adults?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Money.
(c) Humor.
(d) Dignidad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Esmeralda compare Abuela's palms in "Why Women Remain Jamona"?

2. Where does Abuelo sleep?

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

4. Which saying opens "The American Invasion of Macun"?

5. How does Esmeralda define politics in "The American Invasion of Macun"?

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