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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. Before Aunt Lupe’s illness, she used to enjoy what activity?
(a) Jumping rope.
(b) Hiking.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Running.

2. How much does Esperanza pay Elenita?
(a) She does not pay Elenita anything.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) 7 dollars.
(d) 8 dollars.

3. Why does Esperanza go to the fortune-teller?
(a) She wants to know how many children she will have.
(b) She wants to know about her future house.
(c) To see how long she will live.
(d) To see if her mama gets better.

4. How has Esperanza “begun her own quiet war”?
(a) By defying her parents’ desires.
(b) By refusing to do what her teachers tell her to do.
(c) By challenging gender expectations and roles.
(d) By befriending only girls.

5. What does Sally’s father believe beauty brings?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Babies.
(c) Luck.
(d) Trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives in a yellow taxicab?

2. What does Esperanza’s papa call Sire?

3. Why does Esperanza find these trees so miraculous?

4. Who doesn’t appreciate the trees?

5. What does Esperazna like to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the phrase “no speak English” take on two meanings at the end of this vignette?

2. Who is Ruthie?

3. Why can’t Esperanza, her mother, and other neighbors and kids agree on what Earl’s “wife” looks like?

4. What is Sally’s relationship like with her parents?

5. Why isn’t Rafaela allowed to leave her apartment?

6. How does Sally defy her parents?

7. Why does Esperanza believe Mamacita is sad?

8. Why did Marin stay with him in the emergency room?

9. Why does her Aunt Lupe tell her that writing will keep her free?

10. How are Esperanza and Minerva similar?

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