When I Was Puerto Rican Quizzes

When I Was Puerto Rican Quiz 1

1 What fruit does Esmeralda see in the supermarket?
Guava

Mango

Apple

Pear
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 childhood in Puerto Rico

Her mother

When her father and mother were happy together
4 What is a jíbaro?
An unmarried woman

A rural Puerto Rican

A country poet

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

Esme

Negi

Delsa
6 What does Esmeralda compare her family's house to?
A lard can

A wooden box

An oasis

A cage
7 What happens to Esmeralda while she's helping Pablo with the house?
Termites crawl all over her

She gets in trouble for not helping

She gets bit by a snake

She falls and cuts her hand
8 What does Esmeralda want to be when she's little?
A poet

An actress

A jíbara

A cartographer
9 What does the phrase, "someone is coming to steal your lap" mean?
Watch your back

You're going to have a younger sibling

Someone's fallen in love with you

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

Metaphor

Irony

Simile
11 Which is NOT a reason that Pablo and Ramona fight?
Pablo's disappearances

Pablo's infidelity

Money

Pablo not helping take care of the children
12 How does Esmeralda feel when she finds out about her half-sister Margie?
She wants to play with her

Sad that she didn't know about her before

Jealous

Confused about why Pablo has another daughter with someone else
13 Esmeralda is the ______ sibling
oldest

twin

middle

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

With love

With respect

With scorn
15 Why is her uniform so special to Esmeralda?
It's the only possession that belongs solely to her

It's the uniform of an elite school

She bought it herself

Ramona sewed it for her
16 Where does the family live at the beginning of the memoir?
Ponce

New York

Macún

San Juan
17 Why does Ramona decide to move with the children to San Juan?
She misses her mom

She found a job in San Juan

Pablo disappears for days without warning

They have no money to live in Macún
18 What decade is it during Esmeralda's childhood?
1970s

1940s

1960s

1950s
19 How do the other children treat Esmeralda when she moves to a school in the city?
She makes a friend named Yolanda

They ignore her

They make fun of her, calling her a jíbara

They respect her for being so smart
20 Who does Esmeralda talk to when she has questions about the world?
Ramona, her mother

Tata, her grandmother

Delsa, her sister

Pablo, her father
21 What does Pablo do when he finds out where Ramona is living?
Spends time with the children and tries to win her back

Yells at her for running away

Takes the children back with him

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

Excited to be home

Suprised by how much it has changed

She misses her cousins in the city
23 Who's Juanita?
Esmeralda's teacher

The new baby

Esmeralda's best friend in Macún

Ramona's sister
24 Whose funeral does the family go to?
Raymond's, Esmeralda's brother

The local priests

Don Berto's, Juanita's grandfather

Pablo's
25 How does Pablo describe a soul?
The part of a person that writes poetry

The part of a person that never dies

That part of a person that falls in love

He doesn't believe in souls

¿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

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