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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they spend the afternoon doing?
(a) Soaking beans for dinner.
(b) Riding the bicycle all at once.
(c) Eating candy and talking about boys.
(d) Teasing the boys.

2. Why is Esperanza sent to school with a rice sandwich?
(a) This is what her family likes to eat.
(b) Her brother is playing a trick on her.
(c) Her mother thinks that rice is the most nutritious thing to eat.
(d) The family doesn’t have any meat.

3. When was The House on Mango Street published?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1984.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2000.

4. Who does Esperanza reluctantly dance with?
(a) Her papa.
(b) Her brother, Carlos.
(c) Nenny.
(d) Her Uncle Nacho.

5. What has Esperanza’s mother forgotten to buy?
(a) Esperanza’s new shoes.
(b) A muff.
(c) Esperanza’s new dress.
(d) Dress gloves.

6. What happens to Angel Vargas?
(a) He is hit and killed by a car.
(b) He is playing on the roof and pretends to fly, only to fall to his death.
(c) He gets head lice and is sent home from school.
(d) He breaks his arms from jumping out of a tree.

7. What does Esperanza’s name mean in English?
(a) Patience.
(b) Hope.
(c) Faith.
(d) Constance.

8. The beginning of this vignette begins as what?
(a) An article from the newspaper.
(b) A dream of Esperanza’s.
(c) A poem.
(d) A made up story by Esperanza about the family with little feet.

9. Why does Marin live with Louie’s family?
(a) Her own family is in Puerto Rico.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is an orphan.
(d) She is homeless and has nowhere to go.

10. Who is Esperanza named after?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her great-grandmother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother.

11. In Spanish what does she feel like her name means?
(a) “It means luck and prosperity.”
(b) “It means shame.”
(c) “It means sadness. It means waiting.”
(d) “It means hope.”

12. At the end of this vignette she uses a metaphor to compare herself to a what?
(a) A giraffe.
(b) A red balloon.
(c) An anchor.
(d) A rushing river.

13. Why do they want five dollars from Esperanza?
(a) To buy candy.
(b) To prove her loyalty.
(c) To buy a bike.
(d) To buy food for dinner.

14. Whom does she describe as best friends?
(a) Nenny and Kiki.
(b) Kiki and Carlos.
(c) Lucy and Rachel.
(d) Carlos and Titus.

15. What does Rachel believe is “good for holding babies while you are cooking”?
(a) Hips.
(b) Baby backpacks.
(c) Arms.
(d) Baby slings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. “My papa’s hair is like a broom” is an example of what?

3. Who is too young to be her friend?

4. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to dance?

5. What happens at the end of their discussion?

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