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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. Which adult likes to play with children?
(a) Sally.
(b) Gil.
(c) Ruthie.
(d) Edna.

2. What is Esperanza comparing in her family?
(a) Their laughter.
(b) Their feet.
(c) Their hair.
(d) Their teeth.

3. What does Elenita tell Esperanza?
(a) That she will have 6 children.
(b) That she will have a home in her heart.
(c) That her mama is really ill.
(d) That she will not graduate from school.

4. Who hits Sally?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Both A and C.

5. What can’t Esperanza’s mother do despite living in the city all her life?
(a) Find her way to the art museum.
(b) She doesn’t know how to take the subway train downtown.
(c) Read a map.
(d) Take the bus home from the grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Alicia and Esperanza talking about in this vignette?

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

3. What does Sally’s father believe beauty brings?

4. Who dies?

5. What has Esperanza’s mother forgotten to buy?

(see the answer key)

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