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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 goes to bed after the strike, what does she worry about?
(a) Josefina seeming to be sick.
(b) Miguel taking care of himself at work.
(c) What would happen to her mother if she were picked up and taken away.
(d) Horensia seeming to be sick.

2. On Christmas day, what does Esperanza give her mother?
(a) A shawl.
(b) A yarn doll she made.
(c) A stuffed baked potato.
(d) A smooth stone from the field.

3. What honor is Isabel expecting to win at the celebration at her school in Chapter 12?
(a) First Place Baker.
(b) Queen.
(c) Baker-for-a-Day.
(d) Harvest Princess.

4. How do Irene and Melina help the Ortega household?
(a) They help Esperanza with the cooking.
(b) They help Esperanza with the cleaning.
(c) They bring soup to Mama.
(d) They help Esperanza with the babysitting.

5. What do the families have for dessert on their first dinner together?
(a) Rice pudding.
(b) Fried dough.
(c) Canteloupe.
(d) Corn bread.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Chapter 12 begins, what celebration is coming up in at Isabel's school?

3. When Esperanza asks Isabel for news that she has heard at school, what is the new construction that Isabel tells them about?

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

5. What does Esperanza buy at the market that is not for her mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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. As Miguel and Esperanza drive to the market, what does Esperanza notice, apparently for the first time about herself?

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

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