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Esperanza Rising Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main crop Esperanza's father grows?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Bamboo.
(d) Tobacco.

2. When Esperanza's first birthday morning visitor comes, what does he bring for her?
(a) Papayas.
(b) Baloons.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Pinatas.

3. In Chapter 5, what is the name of the town from which Mama says they are from?
(a) Aguascalientes.
(b) Los Ranchos.
(c) Mexicali.
(d) Los Gatos.

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

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

6. When Esperanza first arrives at the migrant workers camp, who does she hears speaking English?
(a) The foreman's wife.
(b) The foreman.
(c) The foreman's daughter, Flora.
(d) Marta.

7. When Esperanza wakes up on the morning of her birthday, what word accurately describes her how she feels?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Excited.
(d) Confused.

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

9. What was the issue over which the Mexican Revolution was fought?
(a) Taxation.
(b) Landowners owning very large pieces of land.
(c) Communism.
(d) Waste managment.

10. After Mama talks with Esperanza in the cabin, what does Esperanza promise her mother?
(a) That she will try to be happy.
(b) That she will treat Isabel kindly.
(c) That she not talking about having been rich.
(d) That she will try to learn English.

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

12. On the night of this meeting about Papa's will, Mama, Abuelita, Alfonso and Hortensia meet to discuss something. What do they discuss?
(a) Whether or not the income from the grapes is enough to support the house.
(b) Esperanza and Miguel's future together.
(c) Esperanza's education.
(d) Starting a winery.

13. What news does Esperanza have for her first birthday morning visitor?
(a) That her mother is ill.
(b) That it is her birthday.
(c) That the harvest is over.
(d) That her father died the day before.

14. What is Marta's attitude toward Esperanza?
(a) She is curious about Esperanza's clothes.
(b) She resents Esperanza because of her former wealth.
(c) She is curious about Esperanza's way of speaking.
(d) She wants to learn etiquette from Esperanza.

15. When the lawyer comes to explain Papa's will, who is to receive the house on the ranch?
(a) Mama.
(b) Esperanza.
(c) Abuelita.
(d) Tio Luis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Esperanza feeling about speaking English?

2. When the traveling group reaches the wagon, what is it that Hortensia predicts that Tio Luis has already bragged about?

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

4. On the truck ride when Marta talks about the workers' conditions and attempts to improve their lives, who is it that listens intently?

5. After the fire, which of the Ortega family relatives comes to visit?

(see the answer keys)

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