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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 is Tito’s mother doing when Esperanza goes to her house?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Mowing the lawn.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Ironing shirts.

2. Esperanza describes the color of illness as being what?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

3. What is the “little one’s” name?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Ruthie.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Nenny.

4. Who is the landlord of the apartment buildings?
(a) Sally’s father.
(b) Joe, the baby grabber.
(c) Esperanza’s papa.
(d) Edna, Ruthie’s mother.

5. What do the canteen kids where around their necks?
(a) Lunch money pouches.
(b) Beaded necklaces.
(c) Name tags.
(d) House keys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who listens to Esperanza’s stories?

2. Who has too many kids?

3. Who does Esperanza compare Eddie Vargas to because he falls asleep under a hibiscus tree?

4. Someday she says she’ll tell all of her secrets to whom?

5. What happens at the end of their discussion?

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