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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the lawyer comes to explain Papa's will, who is to receive the income for the grapes?
(a) Tio Luis.
(b) Esperanza
(c) Abuelita.
(d) Mama.

3. What handiwork does Abuelita teach Esperanza?
(a) Embroidering.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Crocheting.
(d) Sewing.

4. On the truck ride when Marta talks about the workers' conditions and attempts to improve their lives, who is it that listens intently?
(a) Miguel.
(b) Alfonso.
(c) Mama.
(d) Hortensia.

5. In another recollection in Chapter 4, what was it that Papa rewarded Miguel's courage with?
(a) A belt buckle.
(b) Money.
(c) A horse.
(d) A train ride.

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

7. What is the one thing Juan's daughter does NOT brag about to Esperanza?
(a) Having real beds.
(b) Having electricity.
(c) Living in a cabin.
(d) Running water in their home.

8. 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 boarding school.
(c) An English school.
(d) A public school.

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

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. When Ramona is weighing her options, who explains her options?
(a) Tio Luis.
(b) Alfonso.
(c) Tio Marco.
(d) Hortensia.

13. 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 she can send Esperanza with them until she can join them.
(c) She wants to know if she, Esperanza, and Abuelita can go with Alfonso to California.
(d) She wants to know if they will write her if they find a work for her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sixto?

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

3. What does the Orgeta relative visiting after the fire think Esperanza will learn at the school?

4. When Esperanza is in the garden, on what does she cut her finger?

5. When the women in the camp laugh at Esperanza and upset her, who helps her?

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