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

2. Why does Esperanza find these trees so miraculous?
(a) They are growing well in a patch of a neighborhood with little to sustain them.
(b) They have exquisite flowers.
(c) They are very tall.
(d) They have massive branches.

3. Who hits Sally?
(a) Both A and C.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

4. What bird does Esperanza compare Sally’s hair to?
(a) A raven.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A peacock.
(d) A dove.

5. Who does Esperanza compare Rafaela to?
(a) Cinderella.
(b) Sleeping Beauty.
(c) Sally.
(d) Rapunzel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Esperanza describes the color of illness as being what?

2. Who listens to Esperanza’s stories?

3. Why doesn’t Sally leave her apartment?

4. What does Elenita tell Esperanza?

5. Who doesn’t appreciate the trees?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Esperanza’s perspective affect the information readers are given in this chapter?

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

3. Why does Esperanza believe Mamacita is sad?

4. How does Sally defy her parents?

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

6. Why does Esperanza say she’ll allow “bums in the attic”?

7. How are Esperanza and Minerva similar?

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

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

10. Why is Esperanza’s Aunt Lupe an important person to her?

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