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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mama's diagnosis in Chapter 10?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Scarlet Fever.

2. In Chapter 1, which birthday is Esperanza eagerly anticipating?
(a) Her thirteenth birthday.
(b) Her fifteenth.
(c) Her fourteenth.
(d) Her twelfth.

3. Who does Esperanza consider to be her best friend?
(a) Lola.
(b) Chita.
(c) Bertina.
(d) Marisol.

4. On the night of this meeting about Papa's will, Mama, Abuelita, Alfonso and Hortensia meet to discuss something. What do they discuss?
(a) Starting a winery.
(b) Esperanza and Miguel's future together.
(c) Whether or not the income from the grapes is enough to support the house.
(d) Esperanza's education.

5. 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 a fool of herself.
(b) Esperanza can choose to be happy or miserable.
(c) Esperanza is making her mother depressed.
(d) Esperanza is ruining her chances of getting one of the better jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, Miguel gets a new job. Where is this job?

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

3. What is Abuelita's opinion of Ramona's idea of how they will survive and support themselves?

4. What does Esperanza do to keep warm while she works in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 8, who tells Esperanza that the strike that was planned for the next day will not take place?

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