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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama do for the child who interrupted Esperanza's playing on the train?
(a) She offers her fruit.
(b) She offers the girl her shawl.
(c) She makes her a doll.
(d) She combs her hair and styles it.

2. What is it that Esperanza plays with on the train until interrupted by another child?
(a) Her mother's purse.
(b) Her ivory chess set.
(c) Her doll.
(d) Her puzzles.

3. What is Esperanza's last name?
(a) Rodriguez.
(b) Ortega.
(c) Ramirez.
(d) Saint Louis.

4. Who is the first person to arrive at Esperanza's on the morning of her birthday?
(a) Maria.
(b) Marisol.
(c) Miguel.
(d) Senor Rodriguez.

5. What has happened to Papa's belt buckle since Papa's death?
(a) Esperanza has it.
(b) Abuelita keeps it with her rosary.
(c) Tio Luis wears it.
(d) Mama has it with her religious statues.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what is the name of the border town where the travelers face an immigration review?

2. While the family is waiting for Papa to come in from the fields at the end of the day, who is it that the family worries about?

3. Eventually, in Chapter 5, Esperanza misses her father and cries. Who comforts her and says they also miss him?

4. What do the travelers sit on in the train to California?

5. What does Marta's family do for a living?

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