3. What happens to Esperanza while she is waiting for Sally?
(a) She’s kidnapped and beaten.
(b) She falls asleep and wakes up disoriented.
(c) She gets lost.
(d) She is raped.

4. What/who goes with Earl everywhere?
(a) His son.
(b) His red-tailed macaw.
(c) Two little black dogs.
(d) His wife.

5. What, or whom, will she allow to live in her attic?
(a) Old ladies.
(b) Cats.
(c) Rats.
(d) Bums.

6. How does Geraldo die?
(a) Alcohol poisoning.
(b) He has influenza.
(c) He was stabbed.
(d) In a hit-and-run accident.

7. What happened to the monkey?
(a) It ran away.
(b) The owners moved away and took the monkey with them.
(c) It died.
(d) It was stolen from the owners.

8. What does Sally’s husband do for a living?
(a) He sells books.
(b) He is a lawyer.
(c) He sells marshmallows.
(d) He is a janitor.

9. What does Rafaela ask the girls to buy her?
(a) Birth control.
(b) Coconut – or sometimes – papaya juice.
(c) Magazines and books.
(d) Candy.

10. Who is the landlord of the apartment buildings?
(a) Edna, Ruthie’s mother.
(b) Joe, the baby grabber.
(c) Esperanza’s papa.
(d) Sally’s father.

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

12. What or whom does Esperanza believe understands her?
(a) The four skinny trees outside her bedroom window.
(b) The clouds and sky.
(c) Sire.
(d) Sally.

13. What bird does Esperanza compare Sally’s hair to?
(a) A peacock.
(b) A raven.
(c) A dove.
(d) An eagle.

14. What does Aunt Lupe tell Esperanza to do?
(a) She tells her to be practical.
(b) She tells her to keep going to school.
(c) She tells her to marry soon, while she’s still young.
(d) She tells her to keep writing.

15. What does Sally do instead of run around with the other kids in the monkey garden?
(a) She flirts with Tito and his friends.
(b) She goes shopping with her friends.
(c) She goes to the library to study.
(d) She goes inside to cook and sew.