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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the police handcuff Louie’s cousin?
(a) He killed someone.
(b) He stole the Cadillac.
(c) He was caught with drugs.
(d) He was trying to fight them.

3. Someday she says she’ll tell all of her secrets to whom?
(a) Her sister, Nenny.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her Aunt Lupe.

4. The Vargas kids are without respect for _________?
(a) All things living.
(b) Nature.
(c) People.
(d) Animals.

5. Finish the quote: “Here there is too much sadness and not enough __________.”
(a) Freedom.
(b) Money.
(c) Sky.
(d) Land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marin do when her aunt goes to sleep?

2. When was The House on Mango Street published?

3. Whom does she describe as best friends?

4. What has Esperanza’s mother forgotten to buy?

5. What does Esperanza have to lie about when she shows up on her first day at her new job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is everyone surprised by Darius’s observations of the clouds?

2. Why does Esperanza believe that the boys and girls in her neighborhood live in separate worlds?

3. What does she mean by: “That is how it goes and goes”?

4. Why does Esperanza think others think the people in her neighborhood are dangerous?

5. Why does Esperanza write: “here there is too much sadness and not enough sky” (p.33)?

6. What is Esperanza afraid of at the end of this vignette?

7. Why does Esperanza feel like a balloon tied to an anchor?

8. Why doesn’t Alicia want to take over her mother’s role?

9. Why is Cathy’s family moving out of the neighborhood?

10. What does Esperanza get in this chapter that she’s been wanting?

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