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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What picture does one of the frail beggar women carry who asks for money on the train?
2. What is Esperanza's reaction to the girl with dirty hands who tries to hold her hand at the camp?
3. Who is Juan?
4. Why couldn't Miguel work on the railroad in Mexico?
5. What is the one thing Juan's daughter does NOT brag about to Esperanza?
Short Essay Questions
1. Every chapter is named after a fruit, and that fruit has a role in the action of the chapter. This chapter is "The Guavas." What role do the guavas play in the action of Chapter 4?
2. How does the train ride Esperanza takes with her mother and Miguel's family compare or contrast with the previous train trip that Esperanza and Miguel took together with her father?
3. How does Esperanza'a reaction to her fellow travelers on the family trip from Mexico to California compare or contrast to her mother's reaction to them?
4. What has Papa said about Tio Luis and Tio Marco that suggest that they are not men he admires?
5. In the beginning of the story, the reader sees two parents who love their daughter. What kind of life do Esperanza's parents prepare her for?
6. What is the purpose of Hortensia's recalling the story of the bandits in the house while they are hiding in the wagon?
7. 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?
8. Mama seems quick to interpret Esperanza's cut finger as a omen involving her husband. Why might she be preoccupied with his safety at this time?
9. What is the substance of the lecture Mama offers Esperanza when she realizes Alfonso and Hortensia hear Esperanza whining?
10. At the time the fire is discovered, what might be the reason Esperanza is dreaming that a bear is waking her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel, the female characters are crocheting lace, teaching crocheting, giving crocheted gifts. Sometimes it is the actual crocheted article that is important; at other times, the activity itself is emphasized. What might crocheting symbolize, or come to symbolize, to the women of El Rancho de las Rosas?
Essay Topic 2
How might the concept of family be part of a theme of Esperanza Rising?
Essay Topic 3
Harvest is a time of celebration and reward. The farmer is rewarded for his hard work by the fruits of his labor. How might Papa's death so soon after harvest be a symbolic of something?
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