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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 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.

2. What do they spend the afternoon doing?
(a) Teasing the boys.
(b) Eating candy and talking about boys.
(c) Riding the bicycle all at once.
(d) Soaking beans for dinner.

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

4. A house. What does Esperanza see that reminds her of Mexico?
(a) A tree.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A house.

5. Who doesn’t appreciate the trees?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Sally.
(c) Sire.
(d) Nenny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marin do for work to earn money?

2. What is Meme’s real name?

3. Who crumples like a coat and cries?

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

5. How do Nenny and Esperanza resemble each other?

(see the answer key)

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