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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 Chapter 8 begins, Esperanza begins her first day of work alone. What is one of her main duties at this time?
(a) Shucking corn.
(b) Baking tortillas for dinner.
(c) Cleaning toilets.
(d) Babysitting.

2. In Chapter 10, Miguel gets a new job. Where is this job?
(a) At a machine shop for the railroad.
(b) At the peach harvest.
(c) At the immigration office.
(d) At the market.

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

4. 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 pay the bills.
(b) She will work.
(c) She will take care of everything.
(d) She will bring Abuelita to her.

5. What dissatisfaction does Esperanza have with Miguel when he tell her of his news in Chapter 12?
(a) She feels he should speak up for himself.
(b) She feels he should refuse to leave his family.
(c) She feels that if he is a foreman, he should be able to get a raise and time off.
(d) She feels he should demand a raise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Esperanza find hiding after the officials leave?

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

3. When Esperanza talks of "La Migra", what is she talking about?

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

5. In Chapter 7, What is one thing that Esperanza does NOT say she will pray for?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of the Chapter 7, Esperanza prays. How do her prayers reveal the subtle change she is beginning to make?

2. How does Esperanza's babysitting skills progress as Chapter 8 develops?

3. Comment on the image of communal life at this work camp once the work day is over that Ryan portrays in Chapter 7.

4. Chapter 10 is entitled Los Aguacates, the avocados. Why is this a meaningful title for this particular chapter?

5. At dinner when the family discusses the strike and its progress, how does Miguel's outlook differ from his father's outlook about the support for the strike?

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

7. When the doctor comes to examine Mama and diagnose her illness, how does Esperanza react?

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

9. In what way is Mama's illness a commentary on the working conditions of the migrant workers?

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

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