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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 does Minerva do after her children have gone to sleep?
(a) Fight with her husband.
(b) Drink wine.
(c) Write poems.
(d) Cry.

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

3. Who listens to Esperanza’s stories?
(a) Aunt Lupe.
(b) Aunt Lala.
(c) Mama.
(d) Papa.

4. How does Esperanza describe the siren archetype in movies?
(a) As beautiful, cruel – and powerful.
(b) As blond and blue-eyed.
(c) As tall, Amazonian, and beautiful.
(d) As pathetic, but beautiful.

5. Where does Sally get married?
(a) In a state that allows girls to get married before the eighth grade.
(b) In the local church.
(c) In a park.
(d) In Las Vegas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who doesn’t appreciate the trees?

2. What does Esperanza promise to never forget?

3. Why does Esperanza believe Mamacita won’t come down from her apartment?

4. What is the age difference between Minerva and Esperanza?

5. Who hits Sally?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Esperanza has her fortune told, and Elenita tells her that she sees a “home in the heart”. What could this mean for Esperanza’s future?

3. How does Sally defy her parents?

4. Who is Geraldo?

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

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

7. Why does Esperanza feel a special kinship with the trees outside her window?

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

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

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

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