When I Was Puerto Rican Quizzes

When I Was Puerto Rican Quiz 1

1 What fruit does Esmeralda see in the supermarket?
Pear

Apple

Mango

Guava
2 What genre is When I Was Puerto Rican?
Biography

Fiction

Memoir

Historical Fiction
3 What do the guava's symbolize for Esmeralda?
Fertility

Her mother

Her childhood in Puerto Rico

When her father and mother were happy together
4 What is a jíbaro?
A rural Puerto Rican

A country poet

An unmarried woman

A Puerto Rican migrant
5 What is Esmeralda's nickname?
Delsa

Moni

Esme

Negi
6 What does Esmeralda compare her family's house to?
A wooden box

A cage

A lard can

An oasis
7 What happens to Esmeralda while she's helping Pablo with the house?
She falls and cuts her hand

She gets bit by a snake

She gets in trouble for not helping

Termites crawl all over her
8 What does Esmeralda want to be when she's little?
A cartographer

A poet

A jíbara

An actress
9 What does the phrase, "someone is coming to steal your lap" mean?
You're going to have a younger sibling

Someone's fallen in love with you

Watch your back

Pay attention
10 "Their fights sputtered into our lives like water on a hot skillet" is an example of:
Metaphor

Simile

Irony

Alliteration
11 Which is NOT a reason that Pablo and Ramona fight?
Pablo's infidelity

Pablo not helping take care of the children

Pablo's disappearances

Money
12 How does Esmeralda feel when she finds out about her half-sister Margie?
Confused about why Pablo has another daughter with someone else

Sad that she didn't know about her before

Jealous

She wants to play with her
13 Esmeralda is the ______ sibling
oldest

middle

twin

youngest
14 How do women talk about men in Macún?
With respect

With scorn

With love

With indifference
15 Why is her uniform so special to Esmeralda?
She bought it herself

Ramona sewed it for her

It's the uniform of an elite school

It's the only possession that belongs solely to her
16 Where does the family live at the beginning of the memoir?
San Juan

Ponce

Macún

New York
17 Why does Ramona decide to move with the children to San Juan?
They have no money to live in Macún

Pablo disappears for days without warning

She found a job in San Juan

She misses her mom
18 What decade is it during Esmeralda's childhood?
1950s

1970s

1960s

1940s
19 How do the other children treat Esmeralda when she moves to a school in the city?
They respect her for being so smart

They ignore her

They make fun of her, calling her a jíbara

She makes a friend named Yolanda
20 Who does Esmeralda talk to when she has questions about the world?
Delsa, her sister

Tata, her grandmother

Ramona, her mother

Pablo, her father
21 What does Pablo do when he finds out where Ramona is living?
Yells at her for running away

Takes the children back with him

Spends time with the children and tries to win her back

Asks her to marry him
22 How does Esmeralda feel when the family moves back to Macún?
Sad to be leaving the city

Suprised by how much it has changed

She misses her cousins in the city

Excited to be home
23 Who's Juanita?
Esmeralda's best friend in Macún

Ramona's sister

Esmeralda's teacher

The new baby
24 Whose funeral does the family go to?
Raymond's, Esmeralda's brother

Pablo's

Don Berto's, Juanita's grandfather

The local priests
25 How does Pablo describe a soul?
He doesn't believe in souls

The part of a person that never dies

The part of a person that writes poetry

That part of a person that falls in love

¿What worried Esmeralda after talking to her guidance counselor?

Esmeralda wasn't sure what she wanted to do when she grew up. She was also conscious of the fact she could not speak English.

Asked by Jesus B #1264089

Answered by jill d #170087 on 10/19/2022 10:06 PM

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How has Mami’s appearance changed upon her return from New York?

In Chapter 10, Esmeralda takes in her mother's new appearance: curly black hair cropped short around her face, high heels, and painted nails. However, there’s something else different about Ramona: she carries herself with more pride,...

Asked by banks b #1327072

Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/10/2023 11:38 PM

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When I was Puerto tocan

To New York with her mother.

Asked by Joail R #1325922

Answered by Aslan on 11/2/2023 11:04 PM

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When I Was Puerto Rican

by Esmeralda Santiago

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