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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Esperanza think that Rachel and Lucy look alike?
(a) They have the same laughter.
(b) They are the same height.
(c) They have the same fat Popsicle lips.
(d) They have the same thick hair.

2. Who has died at the beginning of this vignette?
(a) Esperanza’s Aunt Lupe.
(b) Esperanza’s abuelito.
(c) Esperanza’s younger sister.
(d) Esperanza’s Papa.

3. Where does Esperanza’s family go?
(a) To a wedding.
(b) To a party after her cousin’s baptism.
(c) To a funeral.
(d) To a Quinceañera.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marin do for work to earn money?

3. While they are talking about hips, what else are the girls doing?

4. The beginning of this vignette begins as what?

5. Finish the quote: “Here there is too much sadness and not enough __________.”

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is everyone surprised by Darius’s observations of the clouds?

2. Why does Esperanza write: “here there is too much sadness and not enough sky” (p.33)?

3. Why is Esperanza embarrassed by Nenny wanting to buy the music box?

4. Why does Esperanza thinks that she is speaking with authority?

5. Why do the girls begin arguing?

6. How does Louie’s cousin get the Cadillac?

7. Why is Esperanza not afraid of the people in her neighborhood?

8. What does she mean by: “That is how it goes and goes”?

9. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to dance?

10. Why doesn’t Esperanza like her name?

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