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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The title of Chapter 8 is Las Ciruelas, the plums. What is the significance of the plums in this chapter?
(a) The plums are what Esperanza shines and puts on the table.
(b) The plums are part of what Esperanza cooks for dinner.
(c) The plums are what she gives to a hungry child.
(d) The plums cause the babies' sickness.

2. On the journey to the train station, what is this wagon disguised as?
(a) A farmer's produce wagon ready for market.
(b) A fiesta wagon.
(c) A chicken carrier.
(d) A blacksmith's wagon.

3. Why do the doctors suggest that Esperanza discontinue her visits to Mama for a while?
(a) She may bring contagious disease.
(b) She should be working to pay medical bills.
(c) She is making Mama depressed.
(d) She may get what Mama has.

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

5. When the lawyer comes to explain Papa's will, who is to receive the income for the grapes?
(a) Esperanza
(b) Mama.
(c) Tio Luis.
(d) Abuelita.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chapter 3 begins, Esperanza is dreaming. What in her dream is trying to wake her?

2. When Esperanza is in the garden, on what does she cut her finger?

3. What detail about the camp makes Marta realize how little privacy she will have?

4. In Chapter 8, what kind of storm forces the workers back to the cabin?

5. What is the main crop Esperanza's father grows?

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