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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Elenita?
(a) Another neighbor.
(b) Rachel’s mother.
(c) A fortune-teller.
(d) A grocery store clerk.
2. What has Esperanza decided?
(a) “To not grow up tame like the others.”
(b) “To leave Mango Street and never return.”
(c) “To grow large and fat.”
(d) “To not have babies, ever.”
3. What do they make a clubhouse out of?
(a) A shed.
(b) An old blue pickup.
(c) An apple tree.
(d) Vine overgrowth.
4. What does Earl do for a living?
(a) He is a jukebox repairman.
(b) He does not work.
(c) He is a lawyer.
(d) He is a mechanic.
5. What is Esperanza’s mother’s advice for her?
(a) Her advice is for Esperanza to have her babies while she is young.
(b) Her advice is for Esperanza to marry young while she still has her looks.
(c) Her advice for Esperanza is to go to school and study hard.
(d) Her advice is for Esperanza to save her money, rather than spending it on school tuition.
6. What does Sally do?
(a) She gets a job.
(b) She gets married.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She quits school.
7. Who does Esperanza compare Rafaela to?
(a) Sally.
(b) Sleeping Beauty.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Rapunzel.
8. Who does Esperanza notice watching her when she crosses the street?
(a) Earl.
(b) Gil.
(c) Sire and his friends.
(d) Titus.
9. Why does Esperanza like to be with Sally?
(a) Because Sally is older and knows more about boys.
(b) Because Sally is funny.
(c) Because they are friends and she finds Sally’s laugh infectious.
(d) Because Sally is beautiful and Esperanza wants to be like her.
10. What is Tito’s mother doing when Esperanza goes to her house?
(a) Ironing shirts.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Mowing the lawn.
(d) Cooking.
11. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to drive to the nice neighborhoods on Sundays anymore?
(a) She doesn’t like that her father works for the homeowners.
(b) She’s embarrassed by how much her family wants something that they cannot have.
(c) She doesn’t like the way that the houses look.
(d) She’s given up hope of every having her own home.
12. What does Esperanza accuse Sally of lying about?
(a) Her bra size.
(b) School work
(c) Titus.
(d) Sex.
13. Who dies?
(a) Rachel and Lucy’s mother.
(b) Rachel and Lucy’s grandmother.
(c) Rachel and Lucy’s baby sister.
(d) Rachel and Lucy's cousin.
14. What does Esperanza imagine Sally enjoys doing?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Tending to her babies.
(c) Reading and relaxing all day.
(d) Looking at the seemingly “perfect” items in her home.
15. Who hits Sally?
(a) Her father.
(b) Both A and C.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to Esperanza while she is waiting for Sally?
2. What does she tell the school about her blue marks on her body?
3. What does Ruthie ask the girls to buy her at the grocery store?
4. What bird does Esperanza compare Sally’s hair to?
5. What does Ruthie walk around the neighborhood?
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