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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 Juan?
(a) Hortensia's cousin.
(b) Hortensia's brother.
(c) Alfonso's brother.
(d) Alfonso's cousin.

2. What is the one thing Juan's daughter does NOT brag about to Esperanza?
(a) Running water in their home.
(b) Living in a cabin.
(c) Having real beds.
(d) Having electricity.

3. What is in the trunk that the visitors have left in Chapter 3?
(a) War souvenirs.
(b) Clothes for Esperanza and Ramona.
(c) Belongs of Papa.
(d) Old newspapers.

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what family friend helps the Ortegas and their friends leave Mexico?
(a) The family doctor.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The lawyer.
(d) Senor Rodriguez.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the recollection that Hortensia told about bandits in the house, what did Miguel have in his pocket that proved useful?

3. What is Esperanza's reaction to the interruption of another child on the train?

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

5. Eventually, in Chapter 5, Esperanza misses her father and cries. Who comforts her and says they also miss him?

(see the answer key)

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