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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. What place do the children sneak into to steal grapefruit?
(a) The citrus company's property.
(b) The grocery store.
(c) Lalao's grove.
(d) The local market.

2. In "Someone is Coming to Take Your Lap", Esmeralda sees "ribbons" hanging from the trees. What are these "ribbons"?
(a) Hair ribbons hanging to dry.
(b) Christmas decorations.
(c) Confetti from the last celebration.
(d) Pig intestines drying for sausage.

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

4. When did Puerto Rico become a U.S. colony?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1902.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Someone is Coming to Steal Your Lap", how does Mami react to the rain?

2. Why can't Papi bring Margie to visit?

3. What is Esmeralda called when she is surprised by the pencil sharpener?

4. What does Papi order from the roadside stand when the get off the bus in "Why Women Remain Jamona"?

5. Why does Esmeralda's mother call her Negi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rita's attire in "Someone is Coming to Take Your Lap".

2. Describe the song at the opening of "The American Invasion of Macun".

3. Which feature does Abuela say Esmeralda shares with her father, and what does this feature supposedly indicate?

4. How does Esmeralda react when she learns how sausages are made?

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

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

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

8. How does Abuela treat Esmeralda's injury?

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

10. According to Papi, why do Americans speak Spanish so poorly?

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