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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Louie’s cousin take them on their ride in the Cadillac?
(a) To the countryside.
(b) To the beach.
(c) Around the block.
(d) To town.

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

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

5. What is the main topic of the first vignette?
(a) Boys.
(b) Moving.
(c) Puberty.
(d) Poverty.

6. Who has died at the beginning of this vignette?
(a) Esperanza’s abuelito.
(b) Esperanza’s Papa.
(c) Esperanza’s Aunt Lupe.
(d) Esperanza’s younger sister.

7. What happens at the end of their discussion?
(a) They are laughing at how silly they are.
(b) They ride their bicycle around town.
(c) They all get in an argument and begin teasing each other.
(d) They decide to go buy some candy.

8. What happened to the winner?
(a) They broke both arms.
(b) Their mother grounded them.
(c) They won a bag of candy.
(d) They got to ride the bike for a week.

9. Who lives below Meme in a basement apartment?
(a) Louie’s family.
(b) Edna and Ruthie.
(c) Lucy and Rachel.
(d) Joe, the baby grabber.

10. A house. What does Esperanza see that reminds her of Mexico?
(a) A house.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A tree.

11. What is Nenny’s full name?
(a) Macarena.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Nanette.
(d) Natalia.

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

13. What does Kiki have hair like?
(a) Ropes.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Quills.
(d) Fur.

14. What has made Esperanza’s mother sick, or so she thinks?
(a) Too much alcohol.
(b) Too many tamales.
(c) The flu.
(d) Too much dancing.

15. Esperanza believes that boys and girls live in separate what?
(a) Worlds.
(b) Quarters.
(c) Times.
(d) She does not believe that there are that many differences between boys and girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kisses Esperanza?

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

3. Who drives up in a great big yellow Cadillac?

4. Esperanza reads that Eskimos have thirty different names for what?

5. Why do the canteen kids get to eat lunch at school?

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