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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 42: "Alicia & I Talking on Edna's Steps".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What happened to the winner?
(a) They broke both arms.
(b) Their mother grounded them.
(c) They won a bag of candy.
(d) They got to ride the bike for a week.
2. Esperanza is overcome with grief at the end of this vignette, why is this?
(a) She thinks of her own father dying.
(b) She misses her abuelito.
(c) She thinks of dying herself.
(d) She hates funerals and does not want to go.
3. What does Esperanza have to lie about when she shows up on her first day at her new job?
(a) Her gender.
(b) Where she lives.
(c) Her ethnicity.
(d) Her age.
4. What does she plan on doing as soon as she gets back to P.R.?
(a) Have more children.
(b) Attend university.
(c) Marry her boyfriend.
(d) Teach elementary school.
5. “My papa’s hair is like a broom” is an example of what?
(a) A simile.
(b) Personification.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) A metaphor.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Esperanza think that Rachel and Lucy look alike?
2. What is the age difference between Minerva and Esperanza?
3. What does Marin do when her aunt goes to sleep?
4. What bird does Esperanza compare Sally’s hair to?
5. Who does Esperanza compare Eddie Vargas to because he falls asleep under a hibiscus tree?
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