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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. With someone sick, how do Alfonso and Juan make conditions better?
2. After Isabel's news about the new building project, what news does Miguel come home with?
3. What is the one thing Esperanza does NOT assure Mama of before she leaves the hospital on the day she gets her diagnosis?
4. What is Esperanza's reaction to Isabel's news about the new building project?
5. When Esperanza asks Isabel for news that she has heard at school, what is the new construction that Isabel tells them about?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way could one see that there is even a subtle class system inherent among migrant workers?
2. When Esperanza helps Marta after the immigration sweep, what is it about Marta that wins over Esperanza?
3. 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?
4. In what way is Mama's illness a commentary on the working conditions of the migrant workers?
5. In Chapter 9, when Esperanza brings the blanket to the hospital, why do she and Mama cry?
6. How does the short, intimate exchange Mama and Esperanza have after the jamaica effect Esperanza's mood?
7. In Chapter 9, when Mama is in the hospital, describe the quality of Esperanza's care giving.
8. Chapter 10 is entitled Los Aguacates, the avocados. Why is this a meaningful title for this particular chapter?
9. Where are Esperanza's sympathies with regard to the strikers?
10. How is the act of Esperanza's gift of the porcelain doll symbolic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what way is Esperanza Rising a work of socially responsible historical fiction?
Essay Topic 2
During the course of the novel, Esperanza sheds her coddled sense of entitlement and emerges as a responsible young woman. Who or what are the primary motivators responsible for this social and emotional growth?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of perseverance in Esperanza Rising.
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