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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 Ada?
2. In Chapter 8 at harvest time, how many days a week are the workers working?
3. When Esperanza and her mother are together in Chapter 7, what does Mama confess she misses?
4. When Esperanza talks of "La Migra", what is she talking about?
5. Where does Esperanza go to check on things on the morning after the strike?
Short Essay Questions
1. Comment on the image of communal life at this work camp once the work day is over that Ryan portrays in Chapter 7.
2. 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?
3. In Chapter 9, before Mama is in the hospital, how does the reader see that her illness affects all?
4. In Chapter 9, when Mama is in the hospital, describe the quality of Esperanza's care giving.
5. How does Esperanza's babysitting skills progress as Chapter 8 develops?
6. Chapter 10 is entitled Los Aguacates, the avocados. Why is this a meaningful title for this particular chapter?
7. In what way is Mama's illness a commentary on the working conditions of the migrant workers?
8. In what way could one see that there is even a subtle class system inherent among migrant workers?
9. In Chapter 9, when Esperanza brings the blanket to the hospital, why do she and Mama cry?
10. In Chapter 11, the strikers want to impede the progress of the asparagus harvest. Why is that an effective tactic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Harvest is a time of celebration and reward. The farmer is rewarded for his hard work by the fruits of his labor. How might Papa's death so soon after harvest be a symbolic of something?
Essay Topic 2
Much of what the reader learns about life in the migrant work camps entails children's lives. Comment on the quality of life available to children in these circumstances and how responsible Ryan's portrayal of children in the camps is.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of perseverance in Esperanza Rising.
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