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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. Who is Elenita?
(a) A fortune-teller.
(b) A grocery store clerk.
(c) Another neighbor.
(d) Rachel’s mother.

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

3. What does Minerva already have?
(a) Wrinkles.
(b) A college degree.
(c) A house.
(d) Two kids and a husband, who left.

4. How does Geraldo die?
(a) He was stabbed.
(b) Alcohol poisoning.
(c) In a hit-and-run accident.
(d) He has influenza.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sally do?

2. What did Esperanza’s mother used to do?

3. What color is her house on Mango Street?

4. When does Earl work?

5. What happens to Esperanza while she is waiting for Sally?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Esperanza believe Mamacita is sad?

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

5. How does Sally defy her parents?

6. Who is Ruthie?

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

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

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

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

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