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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the issue over which the Mexican Revolution was fought?
(a) Landowners owning very large pieces of land.
(b) Taxation.
(c) Waste managment.
(d) Communism.

2. In Chapter 1, which birthday is Esperanza eagerly anticipating?
(a) Her twelfth.
(b) Her fifteenth.
(c) Her fourteenth.
(d) Her thirteenth birthday.

3. Who is Hortensia?
(a) Esperanza's mother.
(b) Esperanza's grandmother.
(c) The head housekeeper.
(d) Esperanza's best friend.

4. What is the main crop Esperanza's father grows?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Bamboo.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Tomatoes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While the family is waiting for Papa to come in from the fields at the end of the day, who is it that the family worries about?

2. After Papa's will is discussed, who proposes marriage to Mama?

3. When the lawyer comes to explain Papa's will, who is to receive the income for the grapes?

4. Who is the first person to arrive at Esperanza's on the morning of her birthday?

5. In what country do Esperanza and her family live?

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