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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 brings the requested object to the hospital, what does it smell of?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Onions.
(c) Roses.
(d) Mildew.

2. During the harvest time, who becomes ill?
(a) Mama.
(b) Josefina.
(c) Juan.
(d) Hortensia.

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

4. 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 plums.
(b) A bag of peaches.
(c) A bag of plums.
(d) A bag of cherries.

5. When Esperanza and her mother are together in Chapter 7, what does Mama confess she misses?
(a) Her servants.
(b) Her dresses.
(c) Her house.
(d) Her garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Irene and Melina help the Ortega household?

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

3. Who encourages Esperanza to do her first job well so she will get hired again?

4. Who yells out, "It is a sweep!" in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 8 at harvest time, how many days a week are the workers working?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Esperanza helps Marta after the immigration sweep, what is it about Marta that wins over Esperanza?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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