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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Marin’s boyfriend live?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Mexico.

2. Why does Esperanza think that Rachel and Lucy look alike?
(a) They have the same laughter.
(b) They have the same fat Popsicle lips.
(c) They are the same height.
(d) They have the same thick hair.

3. What is Nenny’s full name?
(a) Macarena.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Natalia.
(d) Nanette.

4. What do the canteen kids where around their necks?
(a) House keys.
(b) Lunch money pouches.
(c) Name tags.
(d) Beaded necklaces.

5. The beginning of this vignette begins as what?
(a) An article from the newspaper.
(b) A dream of Esperanza’s.
(c) A made up story by Esperanza about the family with little feet.
(d) A poem.

6. What does Rachel believe is “good for holding babies while you are cooking”?
(a) Arms.
(b) Baby backpacks.
(c) Baby slings.
(d) Hips.

7. How does it make Esperanza feel when the nun asked, “You live there?”
(a) Like “nothing.”
(b) "Proud."
(c) "Sad."
(d) Like she was “lucky.”

8. From where have the two girls just moved?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Florida.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Texas.

9. Why must Alicia be the one to wake early to make the lunchbox tortillas?
(a) Her mother has died and she is the oldest woman in the house.
(b) All of the above.
(c) No one else in her family will do it.
(d) Her father told her she must.

10. What does Alicia inherit from her mother?
(a) Her hands.
(b) Her aprons.
(c) Her rolling pin and sleepiness.
(d) Her dresses.

11. What does Alicia believe she sees?
(a) Mice.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Rats.
(d) Flies.

12. In the family of little feet, who sleeps on the couch?
(a) The grandfather.
(b) The father.
(c) The grandmother.
(d) The mother.

13. Who encourages her in going to the Catholic high school?
(a) Aunt Lupe.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Her father.
(d) Uncle Nacho.

14. What is the “little one’s” name?
(a) Nenny.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Ruthie.
(d) Lucy.

15. Who walks the best in the high heels?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Nenny.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Esperanza.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Nenny and Esperanza resemble each other?

2. With whom is Louie friends with?

3. Who is standing at the front door holding boxes and bags of new clothes?

4. What does Esperanza have to lie about when she shows up on her first day at her new job?

5. Who kisses Esperanza?

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