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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. How does she feel when she drives into another neighborhood of “another color”?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Happy.
(c) Scared.
(d) Excited.

2. From where have the two girls just moved?
(a) Texas.
(b) Florida.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Oregon.

3. Why are Louie’s parents sending Marin back to P.R. next year?
(a) They say she is too much trouble.
(b) She refuses to babysit.
(c) She's pregnant.
(d) She is too expensive to feed and house.

4. What happened to the winner?
(a) They got to ride the bike for a week.
(b) They won a bag of candy.
(c) They broke both arms.
(d) Their mother grounded them.

5. Whom does she describe as best friends?
(a) Kiki and Carlos.
(b) Carlos and Titus.
(c) Nenny and Kiki.
(d) Lucy and Rachel.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of this vignette she uses a metaphor to compare herself to a what?

2. Why do the police handcuff Louie’s cousin?

3. Why does Esperanza need to get a job?

4. What does Nenny begin naming during the girls’ discussion?

5. What is Esperanza comparing in her family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Esperanza want to eat in the canteen?

2. Why doesn’t Esperanza like her name?

3. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to dance?

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

5. Why do Nenny and Esperanza think that the house they see looks like Mexico?

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

7. Why do the girls begin arguing?

8. Why does Esperanza’s mama get sick?

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

10. What does Esperanza feel like her name means?

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