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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama do for the child who interrupted Esperanza's playing on the train?
(a) She offers her fruit.
(b) She combs her hair and styles it.
(c) She offers the girl her shawl.
(d) She makes her a doll.

2. When Esperanza is running out of the house in Chapter 3, what does she manage to grab and rescue?
(a) Her crocheting.
(b) Her photo box.
(c) Her doll.
(d) Her journal.

3. Eventually, in Chapter 5, Esperanza misses her father and cries. Who comforts her and says they also miss him?
(a) Alfonso.
(b) Hortensia.
(c) Miguel.
(d) Mama.

4. After they all discuss family options in Chapter 3, what is Ramona's request of Alfonso?
(a) She wants to know if they will write her if they find a work for her.
(b) She wants to know if she, Esperanza, and Abuelita can go with Alfonso to California.
(c) She wants to know if they will stay and start a new farm for her.
(d) She wants to know if she can send Esperanza with them until she can join them.

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

6. In what country do Esperanza and her family live?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Venezuela.
(d) Dominican Republic.

7. After the fire, which of the Ortega family relatives comes to visit?
(a) Tia Ana.
(b) Tia Maria.
(c) Tio Marco.
(d) Tio Luis.

8. At the time of this post-fire visit, what does the Ortega relative suggest will be an appropriate school for Esperanza?
(a) An English school.
(b) A boarding school.
(c) A foreign school.
(d) A public school.

9. At the time of the harvest, how long had the Mexican revolution been over?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five years.

10. What is Esperanza feeling about speaking English?
(a) She thinks she could learn English someday.
(b) She thinks it sounds difficult to learn.
(c) It makes her homesick for her English-speaking classmates.
(d) She thinks Marta is showing off.

11. In the recollection that Hortensia told about bandits in the house, what did Miguel have in his pocket that proved useful?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A knife.
(c) A trap.
(d) A gun.

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

13. Who is Alfonso?
(a) Esperanza's father.
(b) The boss of the field workers.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The son of one of the field workers.

14. Who is the role model for the dignity that Esperanza must exhibit to visitors?
(a) Abuelita.
(b) Hortensia.
(c) Marisol.
(d) Her mother.

15. In the recollection that Hortensia told about bandits in the house, where did she say that she hid with Esperanza?
(a) In the barn.
(b) In the horse stable.
(c) Underneath the bed.
(d) In the closet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ramona?

2. What is it that Esperanza plays with on the train until interrupted by another child?

3. After the fire, what is the reason for an Ortega relative's visit?

4. What is in the trunk that the visitors have left in Chapter 3?

5. What is the purpose of two individuals spending so much time in Papa's study?

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