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

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) Coyotes.
(b) Bandits.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Americans.

2. What does Esperanza do to earn money once she is the only one in her family working?
(a) She cuts eyes from potatoes.
(b) She picks asparagus.
(c) She picks potatoes.
(d) She works at the hospital.

3. What do the travelers sit on in the train to California?
(a) The floor of the car.
(b) Chicken crates.
(c) Their suitcases.
(d) Wooden seats.

4. Where does Esperanza go to check on things on the morning after the strike?
(a) The hospital.
(b) Miguel's place of work.
(c) Hortensia's place of work.
(d) Marta's camp.

5. In Chapter 8 at harvest time, how many days a week are the workers working?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mama's reaction to a marriage proposal after Papa's death?

2. When Esperanza is running out of the house in Chapter 3, what does she manage to grab and rescue?

3. In a conversation between Esperanza and Isabel, where does Isabel tell Esperanza that Marta was born?

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

5. When Ramona is weighing her options, who explains her options?

(see the answer key)

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