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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. Why must Alicia be the one to wake early to make the lunchbox tortillas?
(a) Her mother has died and she is the oldest woman in the house.
(b) No one else in her family will do it.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Her father told her she must.

2. Who built the house that Meme lives in?
(a) Cathy’s father.
(b) Louie.
(c) Louie’s father.
(d) Edna’s husband.

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

4. Who is standing at the front door holding boxes and bags of new clothes?
(a) Aunt Lupe.
(b) Esperanza’s Mama.
(c) Esperanza’s papa.
(d) Uncle Nacho.

5. What happens to Angel Vargas?
(a) He is playing on the roof and pretends to fly, only to fall to his death.
(b) He is hit and killed by a car.
(c) He breaks his arms from jumping out of a tree.
(d) He gets head lice and is sent home from school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the “little one’s” name?

2. How does she describe Nenny’s hair?

3. Who wins the First Annual Tarzan Jumping Contest?

4. What does Alicia inherit from her mother?

5. How many days does it take Esperanza to convince her mother to allow her to eat in the canteen?

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