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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the poor woman Mama befriends on the train?
(a) Josefina.
(b) Lala.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Concita.

3. During their handiwork lesson in Chapter 1, what snack is brought to Esperanza and her grandmother?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Chiliques.
(c) Tacos.
(d) Sandwiches.

4. In the recollection that Hortensia told about bandits in the house, what did Miguel have in his pocket that proved useful?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A gun.
(c) A trap.
(d) A knife.

5. What group of women help the Ortega's with their plan to survive and make a new life for themselves?
(a) A group of female journalists.
(b) A group of nuns.
(c) A group female artists.
(d) A group of female farmers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Esperanza consider to be her best friend?

2. What outstanding fact does Marta reveal about her father?

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

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

5. 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?

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