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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 image on the experts' chart gives Mami the chills?
(a) The snake.
(b) The diagram of the mouth.
(c) The food pyramid.
(d) The image of the human heart.

2. What color are Abuelo's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Turquoise.
(d) Grey.

3. What is Esmeralda called when she is surprised by the pencil sharpener?
(a) A jibara.
(b) A heathen.
(c) A tonta.
(d) An idiot.

4. Who sends a box of clothing from New York?
(a) Papi.
(b) Tata.
(c) Delsa.
(d) Mami.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Esmeralda is living in Saturce, what nighttime sound does she miss most?

2. When Mami arrives to pick up Esmeralda in "Why Women Remain Jamona", what amenity does Mami brag about having?

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

4. How many siblings did Mami's mother have?

5. When Esmeralda meets Rita, what does Rita's smile remind her of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Papi cry in "Fighting Naked"?

3. What does the family do when the heavy rains come in "Someone is Coming to Take Your Lap"?

4. Explain how Esmeralda feels about the treatment of jibaros.

5. What does Esmeralda's family lose in the storm?

6. What is the purpose of the meeting the women and children attend in "The American Invasion of Macun"?

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

8. When Mami comes to get Esmeralda, how does Esmeralda feel about being left at Abuela's by Papi?

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

10. How does Abuela treat Esmeralda's injury?

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