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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Bandits.
(d) Americans.

2. What special dessert is Isabel's mother is making on Saturday night?
(a) Rice pudding.
(b) Fried dough.
(c) Almond flan.
(d) Corn bread.

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

4. Early in Chapter 11, what is Esperanza's criticism of the strikers?
(a) They only listen if you agree with them.
(b) They were abusive to their own people.
(c) They were dirty.
(d) Their language was vulgar.

5. In Chapter 10, Miguel gets a new job. Where is this job?
(a) At the market.
(b) At the immigration office.
(c) At a machine shop for the railroad.
(d) At the peach harvest.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Ortega's get to their family friend's house in Chapter 4, for whom does Esperanza look?

2. When Esperanza brings the requested object to the hospital, what does it smell of?

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

4. In Chapter 8, who tells Esperanza that the strike that was planned for the next day will not take place?

5. When Esperanza talks with Isabel, who does Esperanza say will come soon to rescue them and move them out of the camp?

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