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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 42: "Alicia & I Talking on Edna's Steps".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What isn’t Sally supposed to do due to her family’s religious beliefs?
(a) Eat pork.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Show her hair.
(d) Dance.

2. Who crumples like a coat and cries?
(a) Esperanza’s papa.
(b) Esperanza’s grandfather.
(c) Esperanza’s mama.
(d) Esperanza.

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

4. Who does Esperanza notice watching her when she crosses the street?
(a) Gil.
(b) Earl.
(c) Sire and his friends.
(d) Titus.

5. Who tells Esperanza, “I could have been somebody”?
(a) Her Aunt Lupe.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Sally.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Aunt Lupe’s illness, she used to enjoy what activity?

2. What is Esperanza’s mother’s advice for her?

3. What do the canteen kids where around their necks?

4. What bird does Esperanza compare Sally’s hair to?

5. What happened to the winner?

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