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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marta's family do for a living?
(a) They pick peaches.
(b) They pick cotton.
(c) They pick strawberries.
(d) They pick oranges.

2. When the traveling group reaches the wagon, what is it that Hortensia predicts that Tio Luis has already bragged about?
(a) His engagement to Ramona.
(b) His belt buckle.
(c) His run for mayor.
(d) His new stepchild, Esperanza.

3. On the night of this meeting about Papa's will, what news does Miguel have for Esperanza?
(a) That his father wants to marry her mother.
(b) That he and his family may have to move to the United States.
(c) That he is will work on the ranch for nothing.
(d) That he got a scholarsip for private school in Mexico City.

4. What has happened to Papa's belt buckle since Papa's death?
(a) Abuelita keeps it with her rosary.
(b) Tio Luis wears it.
(c) Esperanza has it.
(d) Mama has it with her religious statues.

5. When the families are out in the field, who comes to visit Esperanza?
(a) Melina and Irene.
(b) Marta.
(c) Miguel.
(d) Isabel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one detail of the luxurious train ride that Esperanza does NOT mention?

2. When Esperanza is doing one of her chores, she hears women laughing at her. What is the chore she isn't doing well?

3. When Abuelita is trying to get out of the house in Chapter 3, what does she manage to grab and rescue?

4. When Mama and Esperanza pass through customs, what words are stamped on their documents?

5. Mama seems to accept the situation, and once in the cabin, what does she do that Esperanza cannot understand?

(see the answer key)

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