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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: "Laughter".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Spanish what does she feel like her name means?
(a) “It means shame.”
(b) “It means hope.”
(c) “It means sadness. It means waiting.”
(d) “It means luck and prosperity.”

2. Who is too young to be her friend?
(a) Titus, the neighbor boy.
(b) Lucy, the neighbor girl.
(c) Kiki, her brother.
(d) Nenny, her younger sister.

3. What do they spend the afternoon doing?
(a) Soaking beans for dinner.
(b) Teasing the boys.
(c) Eating candy and talking about boys.
(d) Riding the bicycle all at once.

4. Why do they want five dollars from Esperanza?
(a) To buy food for dinner.
(b) To prove her loyalty.
(c) To buy a bike.
(d) To buy candy.

5. What is Nenny’s full name?
(a) Natalia.
(b) Macarena.
(c) Nanette.
(d) Magdalena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the “little one’s” name?

2. A house. What does Esperanza see that reminds her of Mexico?

3. At the end of this vignette she uses a metaphor to compare herself to a what?

4. Esperanza believes that boys and girls live in separate what?

5. Someday she says she’ll tell all of her secrets to whom?

(see the answer key)

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