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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. Who does Esperanza compare Eddie Vargas to because he falls asleep under a hibiscus tree?
(a) Rumpelstiltskin.
(b) Prince Charming.
(c) Sleeping Beauty.
(d) Rip Van Winkle.

2. What does Ruthie ask the girls to buy her at the grocery store?
(a) Candy.
(b) Catnip.
(c) Bird seed.
(d) Dog treats.

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

4. Who dies?
(a) Rachel and Lucy’s grandmother.
(b) Rachel and Lucy's cousin.
(c) Rachel and Lucy’s baby sister.
(d) Rachel and Lucy’s mother.

5. Who helps her disguise her wounds?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Esperanza.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn’t Rafaela leave her apartment?

2. Why must Alicia be the one to wake early to make the lunchbox tortillas?

3. What does Nenny want to buy, but Gil tells her it is not for sale?

4. Esperanza believes that boys and girls live in separate what?

5. Where does Esperanza want her house?

(see the answer key)

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