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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Angie's room?
(a) Pink.
(b) White.
(c) Purple.
(d) Yellow.

2. Which family member dies during "Casi Senorita"?
(a) Abuelo.
(b) Abuela.
(c) Raymond.
(d) Tata.

3. Where does Mami go to visit the ailing Francisco?
(a) Brooklyn General.
(b) Francisco's family home.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) King's County Hospital.

4. What does Dona Andrea pour over Esmeralda's cereal?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Fresh cream.
(c) Canned milk.
(d) Syrup.

5. What does the family eat when they arrive at Tata's?
(a) Stew.
(b) Empanadas.
(c) Asopao.
(d) Arroz con pollo.

6. According to Dona Andrea, what happens if a child hits his/her mother?
(a) The child cannot be buried when she/he dies.
(b) The child's mother can never come home.
(c) The child's father will disown the child.
(d) God will curse the child.

7. What meal do all the children agree on?
(a) Pork chops.
(b) Arroz con pollo.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Fried potatoes.

8. What job does Mami start out working in New York?
(a) Dish washer.
(b) Thread cutter.
(c) Restroom attendant.
(d) Seam sewer.

9. Why do Esmeralda and the children stay cooped up inside now that they live in Brooklyn?
(a) It is too cold to go outside.
(b) The children have too much homework to play outside.
(c) The neighborhood is full of gente mala.
(d) Mami doesn't trust that they will not get lost.

10. How many rooms does the family have in Tata's house?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

11. What do the boys do in the streets near Esmeralda's home in "Casi Senorita"?
(a) Fight playfully.
(b) Play soccer.
(c) Play stickball.
(d) Wage gang warfare.

12. What is in the bags Mami carries off the plane?
(a) Books for family members.
(b) Produce and spices from el pais.
(c) Clothes for the children.
(d) Letters from home.

13. Why does Mami keep a small notebook in her purse?
(a) To record the hours she worked so el bosso can't short change her.
(b) To write letters to friends back home during lunch breaks.
(c) To sketch scenes of New York.
(d) To make lists of tasks and items she needs.

14. What didn't Esmeralda mean to steal from the baby's piggy bank?
(a) Nickels.
(b) Pennies.
(c) Quarters.
(d) Pesetas.

15. Which memory causes Esmeralda to cry in "El Mangle"?
(a) The memory of the flamboyan tree in the backyard.
(b) The memory of her old school.
(c) The memory of watching sunsets from the porch with her father.
(d) The memory of Abuela's house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Francisco tell Mami before he dies?

3. Why don't boys pay attention to Esmeralda in "Letters from New York"?

4. What chore to Gladys and Esmeralda do every morning?

5. Why does Tata drink beer?

(see the answer keys)

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