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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Esperanza's reaction to the interruption of another child on the train?
(a) She slyly kicks the child so that no one will see.
(b) She shyly touches the girl's hand.
(c) She puts away what she is playing with.
(d) She speaks only English to her.

2. Esperanza gives the babies rice water to sip. From whom does she get this idea?
(a) Mama.
(b) Miguel.
(c) Hortensia.
(d) Isabel.

3. Who comes to check on the sick person during harvest time and give a diagnosis?
(a) A Mexican doctor.
(b) The foreman's wife.
(c) A nurse from the county.
(d) An American doctor.

4. When Esperanza and her mother are together in Chapter 7, what does Mama confess she misses?
(a) Her dresses.
(b) Her servants.
(c) Her garden.
(d) Her house.

5. When Esperanza first arrives at the migrant workers camp, who does she hears speaking English?
(a) The foreman's daughter, Flora.
(b) Marta.
(c) The foreman.
(d) The foreman's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the harvest time, who becomes ill?

2. How does Esperanza get back and forth to the camp from the hospital?

3. Who is Ramona?

4. When Esperanza wanders away from the picnic, what does she do?

5. What does Mama do for the child who interrupted Esperanza's playing on the train?

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