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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Esmeralda is living in Saturce, what nighttime sound does she miss most?
(a) Cars backfiring.
(b) People fighting.
(c) Coqui tree frogs singing.
(d) Music blaring.

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

3. Which trolley stop number is Esmeralda's new home located at?
(a) #20.
(b) #26.
(c) #6.
(d) #2.

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

5. How many siblings did Mami's mother have?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 2.
(d) 17.

6. What color is Mami's skin?
(a) Pink.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Rusty.
(d) Deep brown.

7. Where does Abuelo sleep?
(a) In a hammock on the lanai.
(b) On a narrow metal cot with a thin mattress.
(c) In a house down the road.
(d) In Abuela's opulent room.

8. Where does Tata live?
(a) In the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn.
(b) On the Lower East Side.
(c) In Saturce.
(d) In Macun.

9. What large object does Papi ask Esmeralda to bring him?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A wheelbarrow.
(c) A cinder block.
(d) A trowel.

10. How many mango trees does the family lose in "Mami Gets a Job"?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

11. What does Abuela offer Esmeralda in case she gets hungry before bed?
(a) Coconut milk.
(b) Crackers.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Sancocho.

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

13. What kind of music does Papi hum while he works?
(a) His favorite chachacha.
(b) The words to famous boleros.
(c) The melody of rythm and blues.
(d) The rhythms of American rock 'n roll.

14. Who points at objects as the children sing "Pollito, chicken; gallina, hen; etc?"
(a) Miss Smith.
(b) Miss Jimenez.
(c) Esmeralda.
(d) Ramona.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Esmeralda injure herself in "Why Women Remain Jamona"?

2. Why must Esmeralda use her right hand to cross herself?

3. What was the chief sin Esmeralda comes to expect from men?

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

5. What do Norma's eyes resemble?

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