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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Esperanza's reaction to the girl with dirty hands who tries to hold her hand at the camp?
(a) She pulls away from the girl.
(b) She lets the girl hold her hand.
(c) She helps the girl wash her hands.
(d) She smiles and takes both hands of the girl.

2. When Mama sits Esperanza down in the cabin to talk to her, what is the essence of Mama's lecture to Esperanza?
(a) Esperanza is making her mother depressed.
(b) Esperanza can choose to be happy or miserable.
(c) Esperanza is ruining her chances of getting one of the better jobs.
(d) Esperanza is making a fool of herself.

3. After the first crop of harvest time is picked, what is the next crop ready to harvest?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Corn.

4. Esperanza finally opens her birthday gifts. From whom is the porcelain doll?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Abuelito.
(d) Hortensia.

5. To what does Esperanza compare their living style at this camp when they first arrive from Mexico?
(a) Beggars.
(b) Horses.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Peasants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of women help the Ortega's with their plan to survive and make a new life for themselves?

2. After Paa's will is explained, who offers to buy the house?

3. When Chapter 3 begins, Esperanza is dreaming. What in her dream is trying to wake her?

4. When the lawyer comes to explain Papa's will, who is to receive the income for the grapes?

5. What is Mama's reaction to a marriage proposal after Papa's death?

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