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

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

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

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

5. What special dessert is Isabel's mother is making on Saturday night?
(a) Fried dough.
(b) Almond flan.
(c) Rice pudding.
(d) Corn bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the context of this story, what is a "jamaica?"

2. 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?

3. What does the person is in the hospital in Chapter 9 request that Esperanza bring?

4. On the evening of the first dinner at Esperanza's cabin, what do the adults complain of?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miguel's attitude toward his job being taken away differ from Esperanza's position about this injustice?

2. In Chapter 9, when Mama is in the hospital, describe the quality of Esperanza's care giving.

3. Where are Esperanza's sympathies with regard to the strikers?

4. What is the significance of Esperanza's visit to the hospital on Christmas Day?

5. What is the symbolic significance of the the shrine Alfonso and Miguel erect?

6. In Chapter 9, when Esperanza brings the blanket to the hospital, why do she and Mama cry?

7. How is the act of Esperanza's gift of the porcelain doll symbolic?

8. How does the short, intimate exchange Mama and Esperanza have after the jamaica effect Esperanza's mood?

9. When Esperanza details the things she misses about her mother, why is she so surprised at herself?

10. In Chapter 9, before Mama is in the hospital, how does the reader see that her illness affects all?

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