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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) Onions.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Roses.
(d) Mildew.

2. What does Esperanza give to children of the poor man who approaches them at the market?
(a) Avocados.
(b) A wedge of cheese.
(c) Beans.
(d) A pinata.

3. In Chapter 7, What is one thing that Esperanza does NOT say she will pray for?
(a) For Abuelita to be able to get her money from the bank.
(b) To make friends.
(c) For Abuelita to get well.
(d) For a piece of coconut candy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What spring crop does Esperanza notice seems to be replaced with new tall plants almost instantly after being picked?

2. When Esperanza and her mother are together in Chapter 7, what does Mama confess she misses?

3. Who comes to check on the sick person during harvest time and give a diagnosis?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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