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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is standing at the front door holding boxes and bags of new clothes?
(a) Esperanza’s Mama.
(b) Esperanza’s papa.
(c) Aunt Lupe.
(d) Uncle Nacho.

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

3. 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) Her father told her she must.
(c) All of the above.
(d) No one else in her family will do it.

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

5. How many siblings does Esperanza have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

6. Who wins the First Annual Tarzan Jumping Contest?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Meme.
(c) Titus.
(d) Sally.

7. Esperanza reads that Eskimos have thirty different names for what?
(a) Fish.
(b) Snow.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Water.

8. What does Nenny want to buy, but Gil tells her it is not for sale?
(a) A baby doll.
(b) A music box.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A shawl.

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

10. Who kisses Esperanza?
(a) A little old “Oriental” man who claims it is his birthday.
(b) titus.
(c) Her boss.
(d) Gil.

11. What happened to the winner?
(a) They broke both arms.
(b) Their mother grounded them.
(c) They won a bag of candy.
(d) They got to ride the bike for a week.

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

13. What do the girls find in this vignette?
(a) High heels.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Wedding dresses.
(d) Rosary beads.

14. Who lives below Meme in a basement apartment?
(a) Edna and Ruthie.
(b) Lucy and Rachel.
(c) Joe, the baby grabber.
(d) Louie’s family.

15. Where does Esperanza’s family go?
(a) To a wedding.
(b) To a funeral.
(c) To a Quinceañera.
(d) To a party after her cousin’s baptism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they spend the afternoon doing?

2. Why do the canteen kids get to eat lunch at school?

3. Who is the author of The House on Mango Street?

4. While they are talking about hips, what else are the girls doing?

5. Who drives up in a great big yellow Cadillac?

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