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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After Paa's will is explained, who offers to buy the house?
(a) Tio Marco.
(b) Tio Luis.
(c) Alfonso.
(d) Abuelita.

4. What is Abelitia's parting gift to Esperanza?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A poem.
(c) A basket of figs.
(d) A blanket.

5. When Ramona discusses family choices with Hortensia and her family, where does Hortensia and her family make it known they are going?
(a) Baja.
(b) California.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of women help the Ortega's with their plan to survive and make a new life for themselves?

2. In Chapter 1, which birthday is Esperanza eagerly anticipating?

3. When the lawyer comes to explain Papa's will, who is to receive the house on the ranch?

4. What has happened to Papa's belt buckle since Papa's death?

5. After they all discuss family options in Chapter 3, what is Ramona's request of Alfonso?

(see the answer key)

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