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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With regard to strikers, what have Miguel's experiences been?
(a) He crosses the picket line without any unpleasantness.
(b) He experiences much worse insults for crossing the picket line.
(c) He experiences the same insults for crossing the picket line.
(d) He is friendly with the strikers.

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

3. What is it that Esperanza plays with on the train until interrupted by another child?
(a) Her puzzles.
(b) Her ivory chess set.
(c) Her doll.
(d) Her mother's purse.

4. Who is going to care for Abuelita until her ankle heals?
(a) The editor of the local paper.
(b) The mother of Tio Luis.
(c) The mother of Tio Marco.
(d) The nuns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Esperanza's reaction to the girl with dirty hands who tries to hold her hand at the camp?

2. Esperanza finally opens her birthday gifts. From whom is the porcelain doll?

3. What picture does one of the frail beggar women carry who asks for money on the train?

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

5. When Abuelita is trying to comfort Esperanza, she reminds her of a myth. What is the bird in that myth?

(see the answer key)

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