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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. Why does Marin live with Louie’s family?

2. What do they spend the afternoon doing?

3. Esperanza believes that boys and girls live in separate what?

4. What does Marin do when her aunt goes to sleep?

5. How does she describe Nenny’s hair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Angel Vargas?

4. Why does Esperanza think others think the people in her neighborhood are dangerous?

5. Why does Esperanza’s mama get sick?

6. Why do the girls begin arguing?

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

8. Why do Nenny and Esperanza think that the house they see looks like Mexico?

9. What happens in this vignette?

10. Why is Cathy’s family moving out of the neighborhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coming-of-age is a major theme in this book. Who comes of age in this book? What’s indicative of this?

Essay Topic 2

Many of the vignettes are a discussion of family. How important is family to Esperanza? How does she feel about her family?

Essay Topic 3

Esperanza feels different than the other girls in the story. From the reader’s perspective, is she different? If so, how?

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