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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives in a yellow taxicab?
(a) Edna and Ruthie.
(b) Sally and her father.
(c) Mamacita and her baby boy.
(d) Earl and his mother.

2. How does Geraldo die?
(a) In a hit-and-run accident.
(b) He has influenza.
(c) Alcohol poisoning.
(d) He was stabbed.

3. Where does Earl live?
(a) With Rosa Vargas.
(b) In Edna’s basement apartment.
(c) With Louie’s family.
(d) With Edna and Ruthie.

4. What bird does Esperanza compare Sally’s hair to?
(a) A raven.
(b) A peacock.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A dove.

5. Before Aunt Lupe’s illness, she used to enjoy what activity?
(a) Hiking.
(b) Jumping rope.
(c) Running.
(d) Swimming.

6. Who comes to visit Rachel and Lucy’s family?
(a) Their grandparents.
(b) Their older brother.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Three aunts.

7. What color is her house on Mango Street?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

8. What is wrong with Mamacita?
(a) Her little baby is sick.
(b) She has no food to eat.
(c) She is homesick.
(d) She is ill with a rare disease.

9. How much does Esperanza pay Elenita?
(a) She does not pay Elenita anything.
(b) 8 dollars.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) 7 dollars.

10. Who helps her disguise her wounds?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Esperanza.
(d) Her husband.

11. What is Tito’s mother doing when Esperanza goes to her house?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Mowing the lawn.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Ironing shirts.

12. Why does Esperanza go to the fortune-teller?
(a) She wants to know about her future house.
(b) To see if her mama gets better.
(c) She wants to know how many children she will have.
(d) To see how long she will live.

13. What does she tell the school about her blue marks on her body?
(a) That she’s fallen.
(b) That she’s ill.
(c) That she has a new puppy who bites her.
(d) That her father is abusive.

14. What happens to Esperanza while she is waiting for Sally?
(a) She gets lost.
(b) She falls asleep and wakes up disoriented.
(c) She’s kidnapped and beaten.
(d) She is raped.

15. Who doesn’t appreciate the trees?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Sally.
(c) Sire.
(d) Nenny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the aunts tell Esperanza?

2. What has Esperanza decided?

3. Who is Elenita?

4. What isn’t Sally supposed to do due to her family’s religious beliefs?

5. Who is the landlord of the apartment buildings?

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