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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 are Louie’s parents sending Marin back to P.R. next year?
(a) She's pregnant.
(b) She is too expensive to feed and house.
(c) She refuses to babysit.
(d) They say she is too much trouble.

2. What happened to the winner?
(a) Their mother grounded them.
(b) They broke both arms.
(c) They got to ride the bike for a week.
(d) They won a bag of candy.

3. How does Esperanza feel about the house on Mango Street?
(a) Satisfied. They are so happy to be in a home of their own.
(b) Angry, they were evicted from their last house.
(c) Dissatisfied. It is better than the rest, but only temporary.
(d) Ashamed of the level of poverty that they live in.

4. How does it make Esperanza feel when the nun asked, “You live there?”
(a) "Sad."
(b) Like “nothing.”
(c) Like she was “lucky.”
(d) "Proud."

5. Who is Esperanza named after?
(a) Her great-grandmother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is too young to be her friend?

3. Who lives below Meme in a basement apartment?

4. What is Esperanza comparing in her family?

5. Who is standing at the front door holding boxes and bags of new clothes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Esperanza afraid of at the end of this vignette?

2. How does Esperanza describe her mother’s hair? What is her mother’s hair a metaphor for?

3. Why is Cathy’s family moving out of the neighborhood?

4. Why do Nenny and Esperanza think that the house they see looks like Mexico?

5. What happens to Angel Vargas?

6. Why doesn’t Esperanza like her name?

7. What happens in this vignette?

8. What does Esperanza feel like her name means?

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

10. What does Esperanza’s mean in the English translation?

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