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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who drives up in a great big yellow Cadillac?
(a) Louie’s other older, boy cousin.
(b) Meme Ortiz.
(c) Louie.
(d) Marin and her boyfriend.

2. Who is Esperanza named after?
(a) Her great-grandmother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her aunt.

3. What does Esperanza’s name mean in English?
(a) Constance.
(b) Faith.
(c) Hope.
(d) Patience.

4. A house. What does Esperanza see that reminds her of Mexico?
(a) A tree.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A house.

5. What does Nenny begin naming during the girls’ discussion?
(a) Different types of beans.
(b) Different words for “brat”.
(c) Different types of clouds.
(d) Different words for poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the winner?

2. Darius believes that one cloud looks like __________?

3. How many people are in Esperanza’s immediate family?

4. Who moves into Cathy’s house?

5. Esperanza reads that Eskimos have thirty different names for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Esperanza feel like a balloon tied to an anchor?

2. What does she mean by: “That is how it goes and goes”?

3. Why does Esperanza thinks that she is speaking with authority?

4. How does Esperanza feel when the nun is inquiring where she lives?

5. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to dance?

6. What does Esperanza get in this chapter that she’s been wanting?

7. What happens in this vignette?

8. Why does Esperanza describe this day as a “good” day?

9. Why does she take a rice sandwich to school?

10. Why does Esperanza need to get a job?

(see the answer keys)

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