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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: "Chanclas".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Esperanza once buy for a dime?
(a) A porcelain mug.
(b) A statue of liberty figurine.
(c) A baby doll.
(d) A book.

2. How does she feel when she drives into another neighborhood of “another color”?
(a) Scared.
(b) Excited.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Happy.

3. How does she describe Nenny’s hair?
(a) As furry.
(b) As wet.
(c) As fluffy.
(d) As slippery.

4. What do they spend the afternoon doing?
(a) Soaking beans for dinner.
(b) Eating candy and talking about boys.
(c) Teasing the boys.
(d) Riding the bicycle all at once.

5. Esperanza believes that other people who wander into her neighborhood believe they will be attacked with what?
(a) Guns.
(b) Machetes.
(c) Fists.
(d) Shiny knives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Esperanza sent to school with a rice sandwich?

2. Esperanza reads that Eskimos have thirty different names for what?

3. What does Nenny begin naming during the girls’ discussion?

4. What happens to Angel Vargas?

5. What happened to the winner?

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