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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The children smell what kind of soap when the men come home after work?
(a) Dial.
(b) Irish Spring.
(c) Palmolive.
(d) Dove.
2. What is sancocho?
(a) A beef soup with rice.
(b) A fried meat pastry.
(c) A dish made with beans and rice.
(d) A vegetable stew with cornmeal dumplings.
3. To what does Esmeralda compare Abuela's palms in "Why Women Remain Jamona"?
(a) Butter.
(b) An old cloth.
(c) An avocado pit.
(d) Leather.
4. Why does Esmeralda's mother call her Negi?
(a) It was her first word.
(b) She has dark skin.
(c) It is a shortened version of her middle name.
(d) She has dark hair.
5. What does Mami's skin smell like when she picks up Esmeralda?
(a) Soap and rice.
(b) Cedar and smoke.
(c) Oregano and wood smoke.
(d) Olives and roses.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many eggs does the hen in the yard lay?
2. Who is the governor of Puerto Rico during "The Invasion of Macun"?
3. How does Esmeralda injure herself in "Why Women Remain Jamona"?
4. To what does the narrator compare her family's first house?
5. When Mami was fed up with Papi, where does she go?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Esmeralda have to take the children to Dona Ana's house at the beginning of "Mami Gets a Job"?
2. Which feature does Abuela say Esmeralda shares with her father, and what does this feature supposedly indicate?
3. What does the family do when the heavy rains come in "Someone is Coming to Take Your Lap"?
4. How does Esmeralda react when she learns how sausages are made?
5. Explain how Esmeralda feels about the treatment of jibaros.
6. According to Esmeralda, what is the function of nicknames in Puerto Rican culture?
7. Describe the house Esmeralda's family moves into at the beginning of Chapter 1: Jibara.
8. What is the purpose of the meeting the women and children attend in "The American Invasion of Macun"?
9. List the characteristics children use to label Esmeralda a jibara.
10. How does Esmeralda react when Mami dresses up to go to the factory in Toa Baja?
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