What do Esperanza and Nenny want to buy at Gil's store?

• a music box
• a girls music box with a ballerina
• an old pair of shoes
• a bike

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What does Esperanza remember best about Meme's backyard?

• His 21 crooked steps
• a large tree
• his large sheep dog
• His crooked floor boards

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What happens to Louie's cousin?

• He loses his job
• His girlfriend breaks up with him
• He dies
• He is arrested

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What does Marin do to earn money?

• sells Avon and babysits Louie's sisters
• She sells makeup and works at the corner store
• She receives disability
• She recycles cans and bottles

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What does Marin expect to do if she returns to Puerto Rico?

• go to jail
• marry her boyfriend
• babysit her own siblings
• go to her grandfathers funeral

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Why does Esperanza like Marin?

• She is good at babysitting.
• She sells Esperanza makeup at a lower price than everyone else.
• She tells Esperanza adult things.
• She bakes excellent cookies.

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What does Marin do each night?

• Sings in the shower so loud that everyone can hear.
• stand out front of her house and smoke
• volunteer at a local church
• volunteer at a local shelter

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What does Esperanza notice about strangers who come into her neighborhood and new neighborhoods she drives through?

• Strangers feel scared in her neighborhood and she feels unsafe in new areas.
• It is easy to get lost in new areas
• People are extremely and unexpectedly kind to strangers.
• There are good stores and restaurants to discover in new areas.

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What is Rosa Vargas's life like?

• busy - she has three jobs she loves
• exciting - she travels monthly
• happy - she has everything she wants
• tiring - she cries because her husband left her and her kids

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What do the neighbors do when the Vargas children misbehave?

• discipline them
• call them names and make fun of them
• gossip about which children will go to jail first
• ignore the kids behaviors

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