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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. After the fire, what is the reason for an Ortega relative's visit?
2. What news does Esperanza have for her first birthday morning visitor?
3. When Esperanza wanders away from the picnic, what does she do?
4. What outstanding fact does Marta reveal about her father?
5. What group of women help the Ortega's with their plan to survive and make a new life for themselves?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Esperanza and Miguel get off the train at a temporary stop, Miguel explains a scenario that is apparently inexplicable to Esperanza. What is this scenario?
2. What is significant about Esperanza's reaction to the odors that she now smells among the peasants and on the train?
3. In addition to Esperanza's father's death, what else is awful about the way in which Esperanza wakes on on her birthday?
4. 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?
5. What is the purpose of Hortensia's recalling the story of the bandits in the house while they are hiding in the wagon?
6. How does Miguel show his allegiance to his family in the midst of the fire?
7. 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?
8. When Esperanza and her mother approach the immigration counter, how does Mama manage to display her dignity?
9. Although Mama is very patient with Esperanza's huge social adjustment, there is one time when she tells Esperanza that she is ashamed of her. Explain how Esperanza embarrassed her mother.
10. What do the "line up" of dolls in Esperanza's room represent?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ramona, Esperanza's mother, undergoes a dramatic change in status. Discuss and evaluate Ramona as a role model for Esperanza.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of perseverance in Esperanza Rising.
Essay Topic 3
During the course of the novel, Esperanza sheds her coddled sense of entitlement and emerges as a responsible young woman. Who or what are the primary motivators responsible for this social and emotional growth?
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