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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. At the end of this vignette she uses a metaphor to compare herself to a what?
(a) A rushing river.
(b) A red balloon.
(c) An anchor.
(d) A giraffe.

2. Who built the house that Meme lives in?
(a) Cathy’s father.
(b) Louie.
(c) Louie’s father.
(d) Edna’s husband.

3. Who is standing at the front door holding boxes and bags of new clothes?
(a) Esperanza’s Mama.
(b) Aunt Lupe.
(c) Uncle Nacho.
(d) Esperanza’s papa.

4. What is Alicia afraid of?
(a) Being in charge of making the tortillas.
(b) Her younger brothers.
(c) Living without her mother.
(d) Mice, and her father.

5. The beginning of this vignette begins as what?
(a) An article from the newspaper.
(b) A made up story by Esperanza about the family with little feet.
(c) A dream of Esperanza’s.
(d) A poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Nenny and Esperanza resemble each other?

2. Who is Esperanza named after?

3. Esperanza reads that Eskimos have thirty different names for what?

4. Who has died at the beginning of this vignette?

5. Where does Marin’s boyfriend live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Louie’s cousin get the Cadillac?

2. What happens to Angel Vargas?

3. Why do the girls begin arguing?

4. How does Esperanza feel when the nun is inquiring where she lives?

5. Why does Esperanza’s mama get sick?

6. Why does Esperanza need to get a job?

7. How does Esperanza describe her mother’s hair? What is her mother’s hair a metaphor for?

8. What does Esperanza feel like her name means?

9. Who encourages her to get a job?

10. Why does she take a rice sandwich to school?

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