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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the lawyer comes to explain Papa's will, who is to receive the house on the ranch?
(a) Tio Luis.
(b) Abuelita.
(c) Esperanza.
(d) Mama.

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

3. When Esperanza wakes up on the morning of her birthday, what word accurately describes her how she feels?
(a) Confused.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Excited.

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

5. Esperanza finally opens her birthday gifts. From whom is the porcelain doll?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Hortensia.
(c) Abuelito.
(d) Her father.

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. What is the purpose of two individuals spending so much time in Papa's study?

3. After Esperanza's birthday, who is spending so much time in her father's study?

4. What word most accurately describes how everyone on the ranch feels about the presence of the visitors who seem to take over Papa's study?

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

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