2. Where does Esperanza want to eat lunch?
(a) The canteen at school.
(b) At home with her mother.
(c) At Lucy and Rachel’s house.
(d) In her favorite teacher’s classroom.

3. What is Meme’s real name?
(a) Edna.
(b) Louie.
(c) Juan.
(d) Carlos.

4. Where is Esperanza’s new job?
(a) At Gil’s Furniture.
(b) The fair.
(c) At the Monkey Garden.
(d) At the Peter Pan Photo Finishers.

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

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

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

8. What does Nenny begin naming during the girls’ discussion?
(a) Different words for poor.
(b) Different words for “brat”.
(c) Different types of clouds.
(d) Different types of beans.

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

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

11. Who encourages her in going to the Catholic high school?
(a) Uncle Nacho.
(b) Her father.
(c) Aunt Lupe.
(d) Carlos.

12. How many days does it take Esperanza to convince her mother to allow her to eat in the canteen?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

13. What does Nenny want to buy, but Gil tells her it is not for sale?
(a) A shawl.
(b) A music box.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A baby doll.

14. Who walks the best in the high heels?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Esperanza.
(d) Nenny.

15. Whose father was it?
(a) Esperanza’s mother’s father.
(b) Esperanza’s father’s father.
(c) Esperanza’s.
(d) Aunt Lupe’s father.