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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the canteen kids get to eat lunch at school?

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

3. Why is Esperanza sent to school with a rice sandwich?

4. Why does Esperanza believe Rosa Vargas is so upset?

5. What does Alicia believe she sees?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does she take a rice sandwich to school?

2. How does Esperanza feel when the nun is inquiring where she lives?

3. What is Marin, Esperanza’s neighbor, waiting for?

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

5. Why does Esperanza feel like a balloon tied to an anchor?

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

7. What does Esperanza get in this chapter that she’s been wanting?

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

9. How does Esperanza try and convince her mother to allow her to eat in the canteen?

10. Why are they “tired of being beautiful”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Esperanza is dissatisfied with her life, or at least her living situation. Why is she dissatisfied? What does she want? And, will she or won’t she most likely succeed?

Essay Topic 2

Esperanza questions women’s roles in this book. Which characters does she pity? Which does she look up to? If she continues on the path of her friends and cousins, where does she think she’ll be in ten years?

Essay Topic 3

Education

a. How does Esperanza view education as a way out of poverty?

b. Are there any characters that have pursued education before Esperanza?

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