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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Hortensia?
(a) Esperanza's grandmother.
(b) The head housekeeper.
(c) Esperanza's mother.
(d) Esperanza's best friend.

3. What is Esperanza's reaction to the interruption of another child on the train?
(a) She slyly kicks the child so that no one will see.
(b) She puts away what she is playing with.
(c) She speaks only English to her.
(d) She shyly touches the girl's hand.

4. When Esperanza wanders away from the picnic, what does she do?
(a) She lies on the ground.
(b) She prays.
(c) She "talks" to her father.
(d) She picks flowers.

5. 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) Happy.
(d) Furious.

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

7. In Chapter 1, which birthday is Esperanza eagerly anticipating?
(a) Her thirteenth birthday.
(b) Her fourteenth.
(c) Her twelfth.
(d) Her fifteenth.

8. What is Juan's daughter's name?
(a) Marta.
(b) Hortensia.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Miguela.

9. Who is the friend that Esperanza looks forward to spending time with right after her birthday?
(a) Maria.
(b) Marisol.
(c) Abuelita.
(d) Miguel.

10. Why couldn't Miguel work on the railroad in Mexico?
(a) He did not have citizen papers.
(b) He could not pass the test.
(c) He had no recommendations.
(d) He did not have the required lever.

11. Once on the train, how does Mama manage to keep busy?
(a) She prays with a rosary.
(b) She knits.
(c) She writes in a journal.
(d) She crochets.

12. 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 lawyer.
(d) The family doctor.

13. On the night of this meeting about Papa's will, what news does Miguel have for Esperanza?
(a) That he is will work on the ranch for nothing.
(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 got a scholarsip for private school in Mexico City.

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

15. When Esperanza is in the garden, on what does she cut her finger?
(a) A peice of glass.
(b) A thorn of a rose.
(c) A rake.
(d) A shovel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Ramona?

3. When Esperanza first arrives at the migrant workers camp, who does she hears speaking English?

4. What was the treat Esperanza remembers from an earlier time in Zacatecas?

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

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