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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Esperanza goes to bed after the strike, what does she worry about?
(a) Horensia seeming to be sick.
(b) Josefina seeming to be sick.
(c) What would happen to her mother if she were picked up and taken away.
(d) Miguel taking care of himself at work.

2. With regard to strikers, what have Miguel's experiences been?
(a) He crosses the picket line without any unpleasantness.
(b) He is friendly with the strikers.
(c) He experiences much worse insults for crossing the picket line.
(d) He experiences the same insults for crossing the picket line.

3. What is the surprise Alfonso and Miguel show the women after dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A shrine.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A pony.

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

5. Why do the doctors suggest that Esperanza discontinue her visits to Mama for a while?
(a) She should be working to pay medical bills.
(b) She may get what Mama has.
(c) She may bring contagious disease.
(d) She is making Mama depressed.

6. When Esperanza talks of "La Migra", what is she talking about?
(a) The meat.
(b) The migrant workers.
(c) The immigration officials.
(d) The mist.

7. Who encourages Esperanza to do her first job well so she will get hired again?
(a) Miguel.
(b) Hortensia.
(c) Juan.
(d) Irene.

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

9. What honor is Isabel expecting to win at the celebration at her school in Chapter 12?
(a) Baker-for-a-Day.
(b) Queen.
(c) First Place Baker.
(d) Harvest Princess.

10. When Esperanza brings the requested object to the hospital, what does it smell of?
(a) Onions.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Roses.
(d) Mildew.

11. With someone sick, how do Alfonso and Juan make conditions better?
(a) They paint this person's room.
(b) They hang curtains for privacy.
(c) They repair a ceiling in this person's room.
(d) The clean this person's tiny window.

12. While the camp is having a party, who comes to encourage the workers to strike?
(a) Frederico.
(b) Ramon.
(c) Emmanuel.
(d) Marta.

13. 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?
(a) Citizen papers.
(b) A gun.
(c) Rain ponchos.
(d) An umbrella.

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

15. What does Esperanza think will make the individual in the hospital feel better?
(a) More medicine.
(b) For her to see Abuelita.
(c) More sleep.
(d) Fresh air.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esperanza do to earn money once she is the only one in her family working?

2. What is Esperanza's reaction to Isabel's news about the new building project?

3. In Chapter 8 at harvest time, how many days a week are the workers working?

4. In Chapter 8, what kind of storm forces the workers back to the cabin?

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

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