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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 does it make Esperanza feel when the nun asked, “You live there?”

2. What does Alicia believe she sees?

3. What happened to the winner?

4. Who does she warn Nenny and Esperanza to stay away from?

5. What happens to Angel Vargas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn’t Esperanza like her name?

2. Why is Esperanza embarrassed by Nenny wanting to buy the music box?

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

4. How does Esperanza feel when the nun is inquiring where she lives?

5. What do the girls believe hips are good for?

6. Why does Esperanza need to get a job?

7. Why does Esperanza want to eat in the canteen?

8. Who encourages her to get a job?

9. Why does Esperanza believe that the boys and girls in her neighborhood live in separate worlds?

10. Why does Esperanza’s mama get sick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Toward the end of the book, Esperanza says this: "I have begun my own quiet war. Simple. Sure. I am one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate" (Chapter 35, pg. 89). How is this quote indicative of who Esperanza is currently, and who she will become?

Essay Topic 2

In “Hips”, Esperanza, Nenny and their friends are discussing the girls who are growing and maturing. They are both excited by this new power of sexuality and terrified of it, why is this?

Essay Topic 3

Esperanza’s mother had many dreams of her own. What prevented her from following those dreams? What does she want for Esperanza?

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