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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many siblings does Esperanza have?

2. How does she describe Nenny’s hair?

3. Where does Esperanza want to eat lunch?

4. Who kisses Esperanza?

5. What do they spend the afternoon doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Esperanza believe Mrs. Vargas is so overwhelmed?

2. What does Esperanza’s mean in the English translation?

3. How does Esperanza try and convince her mother to allow her to eat in the canteen?

4. Why does Esperanza need to get a job?

5. Why are they “tired of being beautiful”?

6. Why does Esperanza thinks that she is speaking with authority?

7. Why does she take a rice sandwich to school?

8. Why does Esperanza feel like a balloon tied to an anchor?

9. Why does Esperanza’s mama get sick?

10. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to dance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Esperanza is named after her great-grandmother. What happens to Esperanza’s great-grandmother? Why doesn’t Esperanza want to be named after her?

Essay Topic 2

In many of the vignettes, Esperanza is spoken down to or mistreated because of how poor her family is and her Hispanic ethnicity. How does she respond to the condescension? Does she understand it is happening? If so, what actions of her are indicative of this?

Essay Topic 3

Education

a. How does Esperanza view education as a way out of poverty?

b. Are there any characters that have pursued education before Esperanza?

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