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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the poor woman Mama befriends on the train?
(a) Josefina.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Concita.
(d) Lala.

2. What is Esperanza's reaction to the interruption of another child on the train?
(a) She slyly kicks the child so that no one will see.
(b) She speaks only English to her.
(c) She puts away what she is playing with.
(d) She shyly touches the girl's hand.

3. When the women in the camp laugh at Esperanza and upset her, who helps her?
(a) Marta.
(b) The girl with dirty hands.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Miguel.

4. After Papa's will is discussed, who proposes marriage to Mama?
(a) Alfonso.
(b) Tio Luis.
(c) Tio Marco.
(d) Senor Rodriguez.

5. When Esperanza's first birthday morning visitor comes, what does he bring for her?
(a) Papayas.
(b) Baloons.
(c) Pinatas.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Esperanza's last name?

2. What is it that Esperanza plays with on the train until interrupted by another child?

3. During their handiwork lesson in Chapter 1, what snack is brought to Esperanza and her grandmother?

4. Who is the friend that Esperanza looks forward to spending time with right after her birthday?

5. To what does Esperanza compare their living style at this camp when they first arrive from Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is the ruined rose garden a symbol?

2. What has Papa said about Tio Luis and Tio Marco that suggest that they are not men he admires?

3. When Esperanza sees Tio Luis in her father's office, why is Esperanza unhappy to see Tio Luis wearing Papa's belt buckle?

4. What is significant about Esperanza's reaction to the odors that she now smells among the peasants and on the train?

5. What is the symbolism of the author having Alfonso and his son Miguel be the ones who return to the ranch with the dead body of Papa?

6. Esperanza meets Marta, a girl they pick up in the truck, who is friendly with Isabel. How is Marta's reaction to Esperanza different from the treatment she had from Isabel?

7. What is the purpose of Hortensia's recalling the story of the bandits in the house while they are hiding in the wagon?

8. In what way does the author's description of what survived the fire reveal the degree of ruin?

9. How does Papa impart his love of the land to Esperanza?

10. When Esperanza talks with her uncles in her father's office, why does the condition of her father's desk bother her?

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