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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Abuelita's opinion of Ramona's idea of how they will survive and support themselves?
(a) Abuelita is discouraging.
(b) Abuelita is encouraging.
(c) Abuelita is frightened.
(d) Abuelita is angry.

2. What is one detail of the luxurious train ride that Esperanza does NOT mention?
(a) Leather train seats.
(b) Soft mattresses in the sleeping compartments.
(c) People in fancy clothes.
(d) Silver and crystal in the dining car.

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

4. What detail about the camp makes Marta realize how little privacy she will have?
(a) The row of public toilets.
(b) The outdoor bath tubs.
(c) The large showers rooms.
(d) The large windows without curtains.

5. During their handiwork lesson in Chapter 1, what snack is brought to Esperanza and her grandmother?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Chiliques.
(d) Tacos.

6. What word most accurately describes how everyone on the ranch feels about the presence of the visitors who seem to take over Papa's study?
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Furious.
(d) Happy.

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

8. When Esperanza is doing one of her chores, she hears women laughing at her. What is the chore she isn't doing well?
(a) Sweeping.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Cutting vegetables.
(d) Carrying a baby.

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

10. What is the job Esperanza and Isabel have at the camp?
(a) They pick strawberries.
(b) They clean bathrooms.
(c) They babysit.
(d) They chop vegetables.

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

12. On the night of this meeting about Papa's will, what news does Miguel have for Esperanza?
(a) That he got a scholarsip for private school in Mexico City.
(b) That his father wants to marry her mother.
(c) That he and his family may have to move to the United States.
(d) That he is will work on the ranch for nothing.

13. After Esperanza's birthday, who is spending so much time in her father's study?
(a) Miguel and Hortensia.
(b) Miguel and Alfonso.
(c) Abuelita and Mama.
(d) Tio Luis and Tio Marco.

14. When Esperanza talks with Isabel, who does Esperanza say will come soon to rescue them and move them out of the camp?
(a) Abuelita.
(b) Senor Rodriguez
(c) Tio Luis.
(d) Tio Marco.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Once on the train, how does Mama manage to keep busy?

2. What is Esperanza feeling about speaking English?

3. At the time of this post-fire visit, what does the Ortega relative suggest will be an appropriate school for Esperanza?

4. In Chapter 5, what is the name of the border town where the travelers face an immigration review?

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

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