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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Someone Is Coming to Take Your Lap and American Invastion of Macun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The children smell what kind of soap when the men come home after work?
(a) Dial.
(b) Dove.
(c) Irish Spring.
(d) Palmolive.

2. Why is Mami afraid of the dirt floor in the new house?
(a) She's afraid of looking like a jibara.
(b) She doesn't like the feeling of dirt.
(c) She's afraid of the parasites living in the soil.
(d) She's afraid of the scorpions and spiders.

3. What color is Papi's skin?
(a) Carob.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Dusty.
(d) Pink.

4. Esmeralda learns that all men are which of the following?
(a) Irresponsible fathers.
(b) Caballeros.
(c) Hijos de la gran puta.
(d) Sinverguenzas.

5. What type of bugs swarm Esmeralda when she picked up the old floor boards?
(a) Roaches.
(b) Termites.
(c) Ants.
(d) Maggots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Margie?

2. What color is Mami's skin?

3. Esmeralda learns that which of the following is something reciprocally exchanged between adults?

4. When did Puerto Rico become a U.S. colony?

5. How are the houses in Saturce different than the houses in Macun?

(see the answer key)

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