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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29: "Four Skinny Trees".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who listens to Esperanza’s stories?
(a) Mama.
(b) Aunt Lupe.
(c) Aunt Lala.
(d) Papa.

2. How does she describe Nenny’s hair?
(a) As furry.
(b) As wet.
(c) As fluffy.
(d) As slippery.

3. Why does Esperanza find these trees so miraculous?
(a) They have massive branches.
(b) They have exquisite flowers.
(c) They are growing well in a patch of a neighborhood with little to sustain them.
(d) They are very tall.

4. Whose father was it?
(a) Esperanza’s father’s father.
(b) Aunt Lupe’s father.
(c) Esperanza’s.
(d) Esperanza’s mother’s father.

5. Who moves into Cathy’s house?
(a) Meme Ortiz.
(b) Edna.
(c) Lucy and Rachel.
(d) Sally.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Louie’s parents sending Marin back to P.R. next year?

2. Why do they want five dollars from Esperanza?

3. What does Marin do when her aunt goes to sleep?

4. Who is standing at the front door holding boxes and bags of new clothes?

5. What do the canteen kids where around their necks?

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