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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mama seems to accept the situation, and once in the cabin, what does she do that Esperanza cannot understand?
(a) Mama sings.
(b) Mama takes a nap.
(c) Mama yells at her.
(d) Mama starts cooking.

2. 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 he and his family may have to move to the United States.
(c) That he got a scholarsip for private school in Mexico City.
(d) That his father wants to marry her mother.

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

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

5. Who is the first person to arrive at Esperanza's on the morning of her birthday?
(a) Senor Rodriguez.
(b) Miguel.
(c) Marisol.
(d) Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. After they all discuss family options in Chapter 3, what is Ramona's request of Alfonso?

2. After Mama talks with Esperanza in the cabin, what does Esperanza promise her mother?

3. In what country do Esperanza and her family live?

4. What is the job Esperanza and Isabel have at the camp?

5. Why couldn't Miguel work on the railroad in Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the beginning of the story, the reader sees two parents who love their daughter. What kind of life do Esperanza's parents prepare her for?

2. Esperanza meets Marta, a girl they pick up in the truck, who is friendly with Isabel. How is Marta's reaction to Esperanza different from the treatment she had from Isabel?

3. How does Miguel help Esperanza in her adjustment to work when she is left to do household chores?

4. In addition to Esperanza's father's death, what else is awful about the way in which Esperanza wakes on on her birthday?

5. What is the purpose of Hortensia's recalling the story of the bandits in the house while they are hiding in the wagon?

6. What is significant about Esperanza's reaction to the odors that she now smells among the peasants and on the train?

7. When Esperanza and her mother approach the immigration counter, how does Mama manage to display her dignity?

8. What is the symbolism of the author having Alfonso and his son Miguel be the ones who return to the ranch with the dead body of Papa?

9. What is the substance of the lecture Mama offers Esperanza when she realizes Alfonso and Hortensia hear Esperanza whining?

10. How does Miguel show his allegiance to his family in the midst of the fire?

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