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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the friend that Esperanza looks forward to spending time with right after her birthday?
2. When Ramona discusses family choices with Hortensia and her family, where does Hortensia and her family make it known they are going?
3. What is Esperanza's last name?
4. Why couldn't Miguel work on the railroad in Mexico?
5. What is it that Esperanza plays with on the train until interrupted by another child?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the "line up" of dolls in Esperanza's room represent?
2. Although Mama is very patient with Esperanza's huge social adjustment, there is one time when she tells Esperanza that she is ashamed of her. Explain how Esperanza embarrassed her mother.
3. When Esperanza and Miguel get off the train at a temporary stop, Miguel explains a scenario that is apparently inexplicable to Esperanza. What is this scenario?
4. How does the train ride Esperanza takes with her mother and Miguel's family compare or contrast with the previous train trip that Esperanza and Miguel took together with her father?
5. In what way is the ruined rose garden a symbol?
6. When Esperanza and her mother approach the immigration counter, how does Mama manage to display her dignity?
7. In what way does the author's description of what survived the fire reveal the degree of ruin?
8. Once Esperanza explains to Miguel the difference in their social class by saying that they live on different sides of the river. In what context, after the death of her father, does he repeat this expression to Esperanza?
9. What disappointment does MIguel face on his first day at the camp in California?
10. In what way is the character of Tio Luis a stock character, in this case, the villain?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel, the female characters are crocheting lace, teaching crocheting, giving crocheted gifts. Sometimes it is the actual crocheted article that is important; at other times, the activity itself is emphasized. What might crocheting symbolize, or come to symbolize, to the women of El Rancho de las Rosas?
Essay Topic 2
There are many strong female characters in Esperanza Rising. Explore and discuss the view of women that arises from Ryan's characterizations of these women.
Essay Topic 3
In the first chapter of Esperanza Rising, Papa instills a love of the land in Esperanza. There are several ways in which the characters can be categorized. One way is that are those who "love the land" and those who do not. Examine the love and respect for the land through the characters that are aligned with Papa with respect to the land, and how this love "gives back" to them.
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