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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Esperanza want her house?
(a) By the river.
(b) In a valley.
(c) Up on a hill.
(d) On Mango Street.

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

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

4. Who does Esperanza compare Eddie Vargas to because he falls asleep under a hibiscus tree?
(a) Rumpelstiltskin.
(b) Rip Van Winkle.
(c) Prince Charming.
(d) Sleeping Beauty.

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

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

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

8. What does Esperanza promise to never forget?
(a) Who she is or where she came from.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Angel Vargas.
(d) Sally's sadness.

9. What does Earl do for a living?
(a) He is a jukebox repairman.
(b) He is a mechanic.
(c) He does not work.
(d) He is a lawyer.

10. Esperanza describes the color of illness as being what?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

11. What are Alicia and Esperanza talking about in this vignette?
(a) They are talking about how many children they should have.
(b) They are talking about boys they like at school.
(c) They are planning a plot to run away from home.
(d) Esperanza wants a home that she’s proud of, a home that is far away from Mango Street.

12. Why does Esperanza like to be with Sally?
(a) Because Sally is beautiful and Esperanza wants to be like her.
(b) Because they are friends and she finds Sally’s laugh infectious.
(c) Because Sally is funny.
(d) Because Sally is older and knows more about boys.

13. Who does Esperanza notice watching her when she crosses the street?
(a) Titus.
(b) Earl.
(c) Gil.
(d) Sire and his friends.

14. What does Ruthie walk around the neighborhood?
(a) Her parrot, Billy.
(b) Her cat, Bono.
(c) Her ferret, Bilbo.
(d) Her dog, Bobo.

15. Who arrives in a yellow taxicab?
(a) Sally and her father.
(b) Edna and Ruthie.
(c) Mamacita and her baby boy.
(d) Earl and his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, or whom, will she allow to live in her attic?

2. What is wrong with Mamacita?

3. Who comes to visit Rachel and Lucy’s family?

4. What do they make a clubhouse out of?

5. What does Ruthie ask the girls to buy her at the grocery store?

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