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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the families have for dessert on their first dinner together?
(a) Canteloupe.
(b) Corn bread.
(c) Rice pudding.
(d) Fried dough.

2. What does Esperanza do to keep warm while she works in Chapter 9?
(a) She sits near the fire.
(b) She puts a hot brick between her feet.
(c) She heats her socks before she starts.
(d) She puts on extra blankets.

3. When Esperanza teases Isabel that she seems to hate all the crops, what is one crop Isabel says she loves?
(a) Cherries.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Plums.

4. When Esperanza asks Josefina where the officials will take the workers, she answers that their final destination will be_______.
(a) El Paso.
(b) San Jose.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Mexico.

5. In Chapter 8, it is harvest time. What crop is the family harvesting?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Corn.
(c) Plums.
(d) Grapes.

6. After the first crop of harvest time is picked, what is the next crop ready to harvest?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Corn.

7. Where does Esperanza go to check on things on the morning after the strike?
(a) Hortensia's place of work.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Marta's camp.
(d) Miguel's place of work.

8. What is the one thing Esperanza does NOT assure Mama of before she leaves the hospital on the day she gets her diagnosis?
(a) She will take care of everything.
(b) She will bring Abuelita to her.
(c) She will work.
(d) She will pay the bills.

9. During the harvest time, who becomes ill?
(a) Juan.
(b) Mama.
(c) Josefina.
(d) Hortensia.

10. What does Esperanza give to children of the poor man who approaches them at the market?
(a) Avocados.
(b) Beans.
(c) A pinata.
(d) A wedge of cheese.

11. When Esperanza asks Isabel for news that she has heard at school, what is the new construction that Isabel tells them about?
(a) A school for all the migrant families.
(b) A school for children of families from Oklahoma.
(c) A library for the children of families from Oklahoma.
(d) A park for all the children.

12. In Chapter 8, who tells Esperanza that the strike that was planned for the next day will not take place?
(a) Miguel.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Alfonso.
(d) Mama.

13. When the families are out in the field, who comes to visit Esperanza?
(a) Marta.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Miguel.
(d) Melina and Irene.

14. The title of Chapter 8 is Las Ciruelas, the plums. What is the significance of the plums in this chapter?
(a) The plums are part of what Esperanza cooks for dinner.
(b) The plums are what she gives to a hungry child.
(c) The plums cause the babies' sickness.
(d) The plums are what Esperanza shines and puts on the table.

15. Who is Ada?
(a) A woman Esperanza works with.
(b) The market owner.
(c) A nurse.
(d) Marta's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. With regard to strikers, what have Miguel's experiences been?

2. What does Esperanza discover when she opens her valise?

3. When asparagus season begins and the truck arrives to take Esperanza, Hortensia, and Josefina to the field, what does a man have to protect them?

4. What is one of the dishes that the families have on this first dinner together?

5. What special dessert is Isabel's mother is making on Saturday night?

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