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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: "Laughter".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Spanish what does she feel like her name means?
(a) “It means shame.”
(b) “It means sadness. It means waiting.”
(c) “It means hope.”
(d) “It means luck and prosperity.”

2. What is Esperanza comparing in her family?
(a) Their hair.
(b) Their teeth.
(c) Their laughter.
(d) Their feet.

3. How do Nenny and Esperanza resemble each other?
(a) They have the same fat Popsicle lips.
(b) They are the same height.
(c) They have the same thick hair.
(d) They have the same laughter.

4. Someday she says she’ll tell all of her secrets to whom?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her Aunt Lupe.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister, Nenny.

5. Who wouldn’t marry, at first?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her great-grandmother.
(d) Her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. “My papa’s hair is like a broom” is an example of what?

2. Who is Esperanza named after?

3. Whom does she describe as best friends?

4. At the end of this vignette she uses a metaphor to compare herself to a what?

5. A house. What does Esperanza see that reminds her of Mexico?

(see the answer key)

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