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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: "Chanclas".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Esperanza’s name mean in English?
(a) Patience.
(b) Faith.
(c) Constance.
(d) Hope.

2. Where does Esperanza want to eat lunch?
(a) At Lucy and Rachel’s house.
(b) At home with her mother.
(c) In her favorite teacher’s classroom.
(d) The canteen at school.

3. Why are Louie’s parents sending Marin back to P.R. next year?
(a) She is too expensive to feed and house.
(b) She refuses to babysit.
(c) She's pregnant.
(d) They say she is too much trouble.

4. What does Esperanza once buy for a dime?
(a) A statue of liberty figurine.
(b) A book.
(c) A baby doll.
(d) A porcelain mug.

5. What is Esperanza comparing in her family?
(a) Their teeth.
(b) Their laughter.
(c) Their feet.
(d) Their hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why must Alicia be the one to wake early to make the lunchbox tortillas?

2. Where does Esperanza’s family go?

3. What happened to the winner?

4. The Vargas kids are without respect for _________?

5. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to dance?

(see the answer key)

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