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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings does Esperanza have?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

2. Why do the police handcuff Louie’s cousin?
(a) He was trying to fight them.
(b) He stole the Cadillac.
(c) He was caught with drugs.
(d) He killed someone.

3. Louie is the oldest of ___________?
(a) Two children.
(b) A family of brothers.
(c) Ten children.
(d) A family of little sisters.

4. What does Nenny want to buy, but Gil tells her it is not for sale?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) A baby doll.
(c) A music box.
(d) A shawl.

5. What does Marin do when her aunt goes to sleep?
(a) She cooks and makes lunches for all of the kids the following day.
(b) She sews baby clothing.
(c) She stands under the streetlights smoking and listening to the radio.
(d) Drinks tequila.

6. What did Carlos sell to Gil?
(a) An old chair.
(b) A box of magazines.
(c) His old box of toys.
(d) A bicycle.

7. Esperanza believes that boys and girls live in separate what?
(a) Quarters.
(b) Times.
(c) She does not believe that there are that many differences between boys and girls.
(d) Worlds.

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

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

10. Who lives below Meme in a basement apartment?
(a) Lucy and Rachel.
(b) Louie’s family.
(c) Joe, the baby grabber.
(d) Edna and Ruthie.

11. Who walks the best in the high heels?
(a) Nenny.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Esperanza.

12. How do Nenny and Esperanza resemble each other?
(a) They are the same height.
(b) They have the same laughter.
(c) They have the same thick hair.
(d) They have the same fat Popsicle lips.

13. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to dance?
(a) She doesn’t know how.
(b) She’s embarrassed by her school shoes.
(c) She feels ill.
(d) There are no good dance partners.

14. Who has too many kids?
(a) Louie’s mother.
(b) Marin.
(c) Meme Ortiz.
(d) Rosa Vargas.

15. How many steps are in the front of Meme’s house?
(a) 21.
(b) 10.
(c) 41.
(d) 32.

Short Answer Questions

1. Esperanza believes that other people who wander into her neighborhood believe they will be attacked with what?

2. How many people are in Esperanza’s immediate family?

3. Darius believes that one cloud looks like __________?

4. What did Esperanza’s family buy from Gil’s Furniture?

5. What does Alicia inherit from her mother?

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