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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On Christmas day, what is Mama's condition?
(a) She is stronger.
(b) She is very weak.
(c) She develops a rash.
(d) She develops a heart ailment.

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

3. How does Esperanza get back and forth to the camp from the hospital?
(a) In the doctor's car.
(b) In a taxi.
(c) In the truck.
(d) In a wagon.

4. What is one thing the workers do NOT find among asparagus bundles?
(a) Broken glass.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Rats.
(d) Snakes.

5. When the families are out in the field, who comes to visit Esperanza?
(a) Melina and Irene.
(b) Marta.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Miguel.

6. On the evening of the first dinner at Esperanza's cabin, what do the adults complain of?
(a) The hot sun.
(b) The grouchy boss.
(c) Aches and pains.
(d) The long hours.

7. In Chapter 10, Miguel gets a new job. Where is this job?
(a) At the market.
(b) At the immigration office.
(c) At a machine shop for the railroad.
(d) At the peach harvest.

8. At the market, what does Esperanza buy to give to her mother?
(a) A sweater.
(b) Socks.
(c) A robe.
(d) A pinata.

9. On Saturday night, what do the women do together that Esperanza actually enjoys?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Singing.
(c) Shelling almonds.
(d) Bathing.

10. When Esperanza asks Josefina where the officials will take the workers, she answers that their final destination will be_______.
(a) San Jose.
(b) El Paso.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Mexico.

11. What does Esperanza think will make the individual in the hospital feel better?
(a) More sleep.
(b) More medicine.
(c) For her to see Abuelita.
(d) Fresh air.

12. Who encourages Esperanza to do her first job well so she will get hired again?
(a) Juan.
(b) Hortensia.
(c) Irene.
(d) Miguel.

13. What does Esperanza do to keep warm while she works in Chapter 9?
(a) She heats her socks before she starts.
(b) She sits near the fire.
(c) She puts a hot brick between her feet.
(d) She puts on extra blankets.

14. In the context of this story, what is a "jamaica?"
(a) A meat tortilla.
(b) An omelette.
(c) A cigar.
(d) A fiesta.

15. What does Esperanza buy at the market that is not for her mother?
(a) A mug.
(b) A toothbrush.
(c) A money order.
(d) A sun visor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esperanza discover when she opens her valise?

2. When asparagus season begins and the truck arrives to take Esperanza, Hortensia, and Josefina to the field, what does a man have to protect them?

3. In a conversation between Esperanza and Isabel, where does Isabel tell Esperanza that Marta was born?

4. What honor is Isabel expecting to win at the celebration at her school in Chapter 12?

5. On the morning after the strike, what does Esperanza see hanging from a tree?

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