Read the passages from "A Smart Cookie" by Sandra
Cisneros and from "An Hour with Abuelo" by Judith
Ortiz Cofer
You want to know why I quit school? Because I didn't
have any nice clothes. No clothes, but I had brains.
Yup, she said disgusted, stirring again. I was a smart
cookie then.
Abuelo then puts the notebook down on his lap and
closes his eyes. "Asi es la vida [that's the way life is] is
the title of my book," he says in a whisper, almost to
himself.
51:15
As Esperanza's mother and Arturo's abuelo talk about
their choices, what do they have in common?
O They are happy as they talk about their choices.
O They are regretful as they talk about their choices.
O They are unconcerned as they talk about their
choices.
O They are indifferent as they talk about their choices.