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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. How does Esmeralda burn her fingers?
(a) She runs the water too hot.
(b) She touches a lit candle.
(c) She touches the sunny side of the house.
(d) She touches the stove.

2. Which amenity does Esmeralda's family share with another family?
(a) An outhouse.
(b) A patio.
(c) A kitchen.
(d) A bathroom.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the town people seek shelter at the opening of "Mami Gets a Job"?

2. What does Mami's skin smell like when she picks up Esmeralda?

3. Mami was happier before they moved to Macun. Which city did she live in before the move?

4. Who is Margie?

5. Who points at objects as the children sing "Pollito, chicken; gallina, hen; etc?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a purgante and why must the children drink them?

2. How does Esmeralda react to her father's tears in "Fighting Naked"?

3. How does Esmeralda react when Mami dresses up to go to the factory in Toa Baja?

4. Explain why Esmeralda feels she has been punished for choosing to work with her father instead of listening to her mother.

5. How does Esmeralda injure her hand at Abuela's house?

6. Why does Esmeralda have to take the children to Dona Ana's house at the beginning of "Mami Gets a Job"?

7. List the characteristics children use to label Esmeralda a jibara.

8. How does Abuela treat Esmeralda's injury?

9. Describe the house Esmeralda's family moves into at the beginning of Chapter 1: Jibara.

10. How are the "experts" who speak on nutrition and hygiene received by the Puerto Rican women?

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