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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. As Chapter 12 begins, what celebration is coming up in at Isabel's school?
(a) May Day.
(b) Cake Contest Day.
(c) Pie Contest Day.
(d) Harvest Ball Day.

2. What does Esperanza bring home for Isabel on a day she suspects will be a difficult day for Isabel at school?
(a) A bag of peaches.
(b) A bag of plums.
(c) A bag of plums.
(d) A bag of cherries.

3. What is one of the dishes that the families have on this first dinner together?
(a) Ham and beans.
(b) Hot dogs and beans.
(c) Chicken and beans.
(d) Rice (arroz) and beans.

4. What does Esperanza discover when she opens her valise?
(a) Her doll is gone.
(b) The card she made for Isabel is gone.
(c) The valise is completely empty.
(d) Her money is gone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing Esperanza does NOT assure Mama of before she leaves the hospital on the day she gets her diagnosis?

2. Where does Esperanza go to check on things on the morning after the strike?

3. What do the families have for dessert on their first dinner together?

4. Before Esperanza leaves the hospital after Mama's diagnosis, what does she do for Mama?

5. With regard to strikers, what have Miguel's experiences been?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 11, the strikers want to impede the progress of the asparagus harvest. Why is that an effective tactic?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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