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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. Where does Marin’s boyfriend live?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Texas.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Puerto Rico.

2. In the family of little feet, who sleeps on the couch?
(a) The father.
(b) The grandfather.
(c) The mother.
(d) The grandmother.

3. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to dance?
(a) She doesn’t know how.
(b) She feels ill.
(c) There are no good dance partners.
(d) She’s embarrassed by her school shoes.

4. Why does Esperanza believe Rosa Vargas is so upset?
(a) She doesn’t like her children because they are rude.
(b) She's tired.
(c) Her husband left her with a whole bunch of kids and no money.
(d) She’s overweight.

5. When was The House on Mango Street published?
(a) 1967.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1984.
(d) 2011.

Short Answer Questions

1. Esperanza believes that boys and girls live in separate what?

2. What do they spend the afternoon doing?

3. What is the “big one’s” name?

4. What is Nenny’s full name?

5. Why does Marin live with Louie’s family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Marin, Esperanza’s neighbor, waiting for?

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

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

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

5. Why does Esperanza describe this day as a “good” day?

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

7. Why does Esperanza need to get a job?

8. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to dance?

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

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

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