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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Shot at It and Epilogue: One of These Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which amenity does Esmeralda's family share with another family?
(a) An outhouse.
(b) A kitchen.
(c) A patio.
(d) A bathroom.

2. What does Papi give to Esmeralda so she can hang things on the walls?
(a) A box of nails.
(b) A box of pins.
(c) 4 wooden pegs.
(d) A package of green thumbtacks.

3. How old is the narrator when her family arrives in Macun?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

5. How many of their vocabulary words must the children use in to write their essays in "El Mangle"?
(a) No more than 5 vocabulary words.
(b) 3-4 vocabulary words.
(c) All of the vocabulary words.
(d) At least 5 vocabulary words.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Mami start out working in New York?

2. Which Puerto Rican food does the American food expert fail to recognize?

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

4. What does Abuela offer Esmeralda in case she gets hungry before bed?

5. When Mami returns from New York, what color are her fingernails painted?

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