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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 36: "A Smart Cookie".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Earl do for a living?
(a) He does not work.
(b) He is a jukebox repairman.
(c) He is a mechanic.
(d) He is a lawyer.

2. What has made Esperanza’s mother sick, or so she thinks?
(a) Too much dancing.
(b) Too many tamales.
(c) Too much alcohol.
(d) The flu.

3. What is Esperanza comparing in her family?
(a) Their hair.
(b) Their teeth.
(c) Their feet.
(d) Their laughter.

4. Esperanza is overcome with grief at the end of this vignette, why is this?
(a) She hates funerals and does not want to go.
(b) She thinks of dying herself.
(c) She thinks of her own father dying.
(d) She misses her abuelito.

5. What does Alicia believe she sees?
(a) Rats.
(b) Flies.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Mice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kisses Esperanza?

2. What does Esperanza promise to never forget?

3. From where have the two girls just moved?

4. “My papa’s hair is like a broom” is an example of what?

5. What happens at the end of their discussion?

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