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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 36: "A Smart Cookie".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Esperanza’s mother used to do?
(a) Sing opera.
(b) Swim.
(c) Write.
(d) Teach.

2. How much does Esperanza pay Elenita?
(a) 7 dollars.
(b) 8 dollars.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) She does not pay Elenita anything.

3. What does she plan on doing as soon as she gets back to P.R.?
(a) Marry her boyfriend.
(b) Attend university.
(c) Have more children.
(d) Teach elementary school.

4. What does Esperanza want?
(a) A new jacket.
(b) A boyfriend to hold her.
(c) More siblings.
(d) A new job so that she can leave Mango Street.

5. What does Esperanza promise to never forget?
(a) Angel Vargas.
(b) Who she is or where she came from.
(c) Sally's sadness.
(d) Her grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Esperanza named after?

2. What has made Esperanza’s mother sick, or so she thinks?

3. What does Esperanza’s papa call Sire?

4. What does Alicia believe she sees?

5. What does Elenita tell Esperanza?

(see the answer key)

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