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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Esperanza find these trees so miraculous?
(a) They have massive branches.
(b) They have exquisite flowers.
(c) They are growing well in a patch of a neighborhood with little to sustain them.
(d) They are very tall.

2. Why does Esperanza believe that life is easier for Nenny?
(a) Because Nenny is young.
(b) Because Nenny is tall.
(c) Because Nenny is beautiful.
(d) Because Nenny is naïve.

3. What does she tell the school about her blue marks on her body?
(a) That she’s fallen.
(b) That she has a new puppy who bites her.
(c) That she’s ill.
(d) That her father is abusive.

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

5. Who helps her disguise her wounds?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Esperanza.
(d) Her husband.

6. What kind of place does Esperanza want to live in?
(a) A house that is all her own, a house that is quiet as snow.
(b) A mansion that has 8 bathrooms.
(c) A house full of children and a husband.
(d) An apartment in a nice downtown neighborhood.

7. Where does Geraldo work?
(a) In a restaurant.
(b) At the fair.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) At the movie theatre.

8. What did Esperanza’s mother used to do?
(a) Swim.
(b) Write.
(c) Teach.
(d) Sing opera.

9. Why doesn’t Sally leave her apartment?
(a) She’s afraid to do so without her husband’s permission.
(b) She’s depressed and homesick.
(c) She has no money to buy goods.
(d) She is ill.

10. Who visits Earl on a regular basis?
(a) His daughter.
(b) Different women, presumably prostitutes.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

11. What do they make a clubhouse out of?
(a) An apple tree.
(b) An old blue pickup.
(c) Vine overgrowth.
(d) A shed.

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

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

14. What does Esperanza imagine Sally enjoys doing?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Reading and relaxing all day.
(c) Looking at the seemingly “perfect” items in her home.
(d) Tending to her babies.

15. What is Tito’s mother doing when Esperanza goes to her house?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Mowing the lawn.
(d) Ironing shirts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has Esperanza decided?

3. What does Sally’s husband do for a living?

4. Where does Esperanza want her house?

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

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