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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: "Laughter".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is too young to be her friend?
(a) Titus, the neighbor boy.
(b) Nenny, her younger sister.
(c) Kiki, her brother.
(d) Lucy, the neighbor girl.

2. What is the “big one’s” name?
(a) Nenny.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Ruthie.
(d) Lucy.

3. What is the “little one’s” name?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Nenny.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Ruthie.

4. Whom does she describe as best friends?
(a) Nenny and Kiki.
(b) Carlos and Titus.
(c) Kiki and Carlos.
(d) Lucy and Rachel.

5. In Spanish what does she feel like her name means?
(a) “It means sadness. It means waiting.”
(b) “It means shame.”
(c) “It means hope.”
(d) “It means luck and prosperity.”

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of this vignette she uses a metaphor to compare herself to a what?

2. What is Esperanza comparing in her family?

3. Why does Esperanza think that Rachel and Lucy look alike?

4. Esperanza believes that boys and girls live in separate what?

5. How do Nenny and Esperanza resemble each other?

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