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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lou Ann get a job?
(a) Burger Derby.
(b) Red Hot Mama's salsa factory.
(c) Lee Sing's.
(d) Jesus is Lord Used Tires.

2. What point in the year is it in Chapter 10?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

3. What does Esteban say about Turtle in Chapter 14?
(a) That she is very ill.
(b) That she is his child.
(c) That she is sleeping.
(d) That she enjoys riding in cars.

4. What does Turtle yell when passing a cemetery?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Bean trees.
(c) Mama.
(d) Beans.

5. How does Lou Ann's brother see himself in the future?
(a) As a successful business man.
(b) As a man who is lucky in love.
(c) He does not see himself at all.
(d) As an old man with a long, white beard.

6. Mattie informs Taylor that Esteban and Esperanza will move away. Where will they go?
(a) A safe house.
(b) Back to their home.
(c) The beach.
(d) A Mongolian tent home.

7. In Chapter 11, from where does Lou Ann receive a package?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Montana.
(d) Florida.

8. Where do Esteban, Esperanza and Taylor get stopped when Taylor is driving them?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) Georgia.
(d) New Mexico.

9. Which character claims that they are on a "blind date with destiny" during a trip they are taking together?
(a) Taylor.
(b) Esperanza.
(c) Mattie.
(d) Lou Ann.

10. What did Edna Poppy his the "bad man" with?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) Her hand.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Her cane.

11. What does Esteban believe has happened to Ismene?
(a) She was adopted and given a good home.
(b) She was sentenced to death.
(c) She was tortured.
(d) She was left on the streets.

12. What does Lou Ann believe the old woman gives her when they see each other at the market?
(a) The evil eye.
(b) An apple.
(c) A free tarot reading.
(d) A curse.

13. What type of car does Taylor take in Chapter 13?
(a) A Mustang.
(b) A Buick.
(c) A Lincoln.
(d) A Pontiac.

14. What does Lou Ann believe will happen to California?
(a) It will enter into a depression.
(b) It will be taken over by crime.
(c) It will drop into the ocean.
(d) It will flourish.

15. What does "Esperanza" mean?
(a) Peace.
(b) Love.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lou Ann interpret travel?

2. Where does Turtle go while Taylor was away with Mattie, Esteban and Esperanza?

3. What is lying dead in the center line of the road as Taylor drives with Esteban and Esperanza late in the novel?

4. In Chapter 13, Mrs. Parsons signals to a flower. When does this flower bloom?

5. How much time does Lou Ann take off work to stay home with Taylor?

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