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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: "Marin".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Esperanza once buy for a dime?
(a) A baby doll.
(b) A statue of liberty figurine.
(c) A book.
(d) A porcelain mug.

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

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

4. What do they spend the afternoon doing?
(a) Eating candy and talking about boys.
(b) Teasing the boys.
(c) Riding the bicycle all at once.
(d) Soaking beans for dinner.

5. At the end of this vignette she uses a metaphor to compare herself to a what?
(a) A rushing river.
(b) A red balloon.
(c) A giraffe.
(d) An anchor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does she describe Nenny’s hair?

3. A house. What does Esperanza see that reminds her of Mexico?

4. “My papa’s hair is like a broom” is an example of what?

5. How do Nenny and Esperanza resemble each other?

(see the answer key)

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