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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. On Saturday night, what do the women do together that Esperanza actually enjoys?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Shelling almonds.
(c) Singing.
(d) Bathing.

2. In a conversation between Esperanza and Isabel, where does Isabel tell Esperanza that Marta was born?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) In a town near their own town in Mexico.
(c) In a town far from their own town in Mexico.
(d) In the United States.

3. At the market, what does Esperanza buy to give to her mother?
(a) A robe.
(b) Socks.
(c) A sweater.
(d) A pinata.

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

5. How does Esperanza get back and forth to the camp from the hospital?
(a) In the truck.
(b) In a taxi.
(c) In a wagon.
(d) In the doctor's car.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the morning after the strike, what does Esperanza see hanging from a tree?

2. When the families are out in the field, who comes to visit Esperanza?

3. In Chapter 8, it is harvest time. What crop is the family harvesting?

4. Chapter 10 is entitled "The Avocados." What is the significance of the avocados in this chapter?

5. After the first crop of harvest time is picked, what is the next crop ready to harvest?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way could one see that there is even a subtle class system inherent among migrant workers?

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

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

4. How does the sequence of events from Miguel and Esperanza's argument, to her money missing work to cast suspicion on Miguel as the thief?

5. What is significant about Esperanza giving beans to the man at Marta's camp?

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

7. Isabel wants to be the May Day Queen. When she tells Esperanza this, what is ironic about her reason for wanting to be this queen?

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

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

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

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