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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. What is Esperanza’s mother’s advice for her?
(a) Her advice is for Esperanza to marry young while she still has her looks.
(b) Her advice is for Esperanza to save her money, rather than spending it on school tuition.
(c) Her advice is for Esperanza to have her babies while she is young.
(d) Her advice for Esperanza is to go to school and study hard.

2. When does Earl work?
(a) During the day.
(b) In the morning.
(c) At night.
(d) He does not work.

3. What are Alicia and Esperanza talking about in this vignette?
(a) Esperanza wants a home that she’s proud of, a home that is far away from Mango Street.
(b) They are planning a plot to run away from home.
(c) They are talking about how many children they should have.
(d) They are talking about boys they like at school.

4. Why does Esperanza believe that life is easier for Nenny?
(a) Because Nenny is beautiful.
(b) Because Nenny is young.
(c) Because Nenny is tall.
(d) Because Nenny is naïve.

5. What is the age difference between Minerva and Esperanza?
(a) Minerva is a little bit older than Esperanza.
(b) Minerva is a little bit younger than Esperanza.
(c) Minerva is significantly younger than Esperanza.
(d) Minerva is significantly older than Esperanza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruthie ask the girls to buy her at the grocery store?

2. Who tells Esperanza, “I could have been somebody”?

3. Before Aunt Lupe’s illness, she used to enjoy what activity?

4. What does Esperanza accuse Sally of lying about?

5. What does Rafaela ask the girls to buy her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ruthie?

2. How has Esperanza begun her “own quiet war”?

3. What is Esperanza hoping to hear when she has her fortune told?

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

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

6. Why does Esperanza’s father call Sire a punk?

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

8. Why does Esperanza believe Mamacita is sad?

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

10. How are Esperanza and Minerva similar?

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