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

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

3. What news does Esperanza have for her first birthday morning visitor?
(a) That it is her birthday.
(b) That her father died the day before.
(c) That her mother is ill.
(d) That the harvest is over.

4. When the women in the camp laugh at Esperanza and upset her, who helps her?
(a) Marta.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Miguel.
(d) The girl with dirty hands.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Esperanza's first birthday morning visitor comes, what does he bring for her?

2. Who is the role model for the dignity that Esperanza must exhibit to visitors?

3. In Chapter 5, what is the name of the town from which Mama says they are from?

4. Who made the first cut at harvest time?

5. What is Abelitia's parting gift to Esperanza?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Esperanza and Miguel get off the train at a temporary stop, Miguel explains a scenario that is apparently inexplicable to Esperanza. What is this scenario?

3. How does Alfonso show his affection and respect for Ramona (Mama) Ortega when they arrive in California?

4. 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?

5. At the time the fire is discovered, what might be the reason Esperanza is dreaming that a bear is waking her?

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

7. How does Senor Rodriguez's gift of papayas renew the grief Esperanza already feels for the loss of her father?

8. What has Papa said about Tio Luis and Tio Marco that suggest that they are not men he admires?

9. When Esperanza talks with her uncles in her father's office, why does the condition of her father's desk bother her?

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

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