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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 are Alicia and Esperanza talking about in this vignette?
(a) Esperanza wants a home that she’s proud of, a home that is far away from Mango Street.
(b) They are talking about boys they like at school.
(c) They are planning a plot to run away from home.
(d) They are talking about how many children they should have.

2. What does Esperanza have to lie about when she shows up on her first day at her new job?
(a) Her ethnicity.
(b) Where she lives.
(c) Her gender.
(d) Her age.

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

4. What does she tell the school about her blue marks on her body?
(a) That her father is abusive.
(b) That she’s fallen.
(c) That she has a new puppy who bites her.
(d) That she’s ill.

5. What does Esperanza accuse Sally of lying about?
(a) Titus.
(b) Her bra size.
(c) School work
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which adult likes to play with children?

2. What do the canteen kids where around their necks?

3. What happened to the winner?

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

5. Who moves into Cathy’s house?

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