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The Princess and the Barrio Boy True or False?

______1. The party is a quinceañera in honor of Sirena.

______2. Sirena seems to be uncomfortable in large groups of strangers.

______3. Nestor and Minerva have a big argument at the party.

______4. Sirena didn’t get any money as a birthday gift.

______5. Minerva really likes children.

______6. Coach Sonia asks Sol to help Sirena.

______7. Wesley is a so-called “funeral planner.”

______8. Each school day Sol goes home by city bus.

______9. Minerva gives Sol a ride to East L.A.

_____ 10. Nestor leads the family in prayer before dinner.

_____ 11. Minerva wants to keep Luisa but hire additional staff.

_____ 12. Sirena and Joseph don’t want Nestor to marry Minerva.

_____ 13. Gilda and Rosa like Sol as soon as they meet him.

_____ 14. Nestor is very willing to be “Zorro” at his wedding with Minerva.

_____15. Sol says, “Eres el arquitecto de tu destino.”

_____16. Sirena asks Gilda to “cover” for her on her date with Sol.

_____17. Ramón, Sol’s dad, is a good gardener.

_____18. Ramón says, “Barriga llena, corazón contento.”

_____19. Nestor says he’ll ground Sirena for 2 weeks. 2

_____20. Sirena and Minerva “make a deal.”

_____21. Sirena and Sol go shopping by themselves in East L.A.

_____22. Sirena encourages Sol to kiss her.

_____23. Sirena takes an “F” paper home to have her dad sign it.

_____24. Sonia calls because Sirena has missed one practice.

_____25. Sirena takes Gilda and Rosa on a municipal bus.

_____26. The dance begins with a prayer.

_____27. Sirena has no regrests or misgivings about her father’s success.

_____28. Gilda and Rosa don’t enjoy the dance at all.

_____29. After getting out of the cab, Sirena changes her appearance.

_____30. Sirena gets home at 5 a.m.

_____31. At first, Nestor blames Sol for the changes in Sirena.

_____32. Sol drives up in a new sports car.

_____33. Sol takes Sirena to the beach.

_____34. Sirena says, “It’s your memories that keep things alive.”

_____35. Sirena takes down the pictures covering the mermaid mural.

_____36. Joseph accidentally breaks his mom’s tape recorder.

_____37. After Minerva gives him his check, Wesley immediately leaves.

_____38. Joseph flies a radio-controlled airplane “through” the wedding.

_____39. Serena and Sol kiss underwater.