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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. Why doesn’t Rafaela leave her apartment?
(a) Her husband locks her inside.
(b) She is too ill.
(c) She doesn’t like talking to her neighbors.
(d) Her baby is sick.

2. What do the girls find in this vignette?
(a) Rosary beads.
(b) High heels.
(c) Wedding dresses.
(d) Cigarettes.

3. Why does Esperanza believe Rosa Vargas is so upset?
(a) Her husband left her with a whole bunch of kids and no money.
(b) She’s overweight.
(c) She's tired.
(d) She doesn’t like her children because they are rude.

4. What or whom does Esperanza believe understands her?
(a) Sire.
(b) Sally.
(c) The four skinny trees outside her bedroom window.
(d) The clouds and sky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does she feel when she drives into another neighborhood of “another color”?

2. What does Sally’s father believe beauty brings?

3. Where does Marin’s boyfriend live?

4. How many steps are in the front of Meme’s house?

5. Esperanza is overcome with grief at the end of this vignette, why is this?

(see the answer key)

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