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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Orgeta relative visiting after the fire think Esperanza will learn at the school?
(a) English.
(b) Ranching.
(c) Husbandry.
(d) Better manners.

2. After Esperanza's birthday, who is spending so much time in her father's study?
(a) Miguel and Alfonso.
(b) Abuelita and Mama.
(c) Miguel and Hortensia.
(d) Tio Luis and Tio Marco.

3. What is Mama's reaction to a marriage proposal after Papa's death?
(a) She says she will answer him when her period of grieving is over.
(b) She says yes.
(c) She says she will think about it.
(d) She refuses to marry him.

4. At the time of the harvest, how long had the Mexican revolution been over?
(a) Five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Twenty years.

5. At the time of this post-fire visit, what does the Ortega relative suggest will be an appropriate school for Esperanza?
(a) A foreign school.
(b) A public school.
(c) An English school.
(d) A boarding school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what family friend helps the Ortegas and their friends leave Mexico?

3. Why couldn't Miguel work on the railroad in Mexico?

4. During their handiwork lesson in Chapter 1, what snack is brought to Esperanza and her grandmother?

5. When Esperanza's first birthday morning visitor comes, what does he bring for her?

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