Esperanza Rising Las Ciruelas (Plums)
Authored by l lawson
English
5th - 6th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on the novel "Esperanza Rising" by Pam Muñoz Ryan, specifically examining Chapter 10 titled "Las Ciruelas" (The Plums). Designed for 5th and 6th grade students, the questions assess reading comprehension skills including literal comprehension, inference-making, and cause-and-effect analysis. Students must demonstrate their understanding of key plot events, character development, and the challenges faced by the protagonist Esperanza as she adapts to her new life as a migrant worker in California. The quiz requires students to recall specific details about Mama's illness (Valley Fever), the impact of the dust storm on both the labor strike and the characters' health, and Esperanza's growing responsibilities caring for babies while managing household duties. Students need strong literal comprehension skills to identify factual information from the text, as well as inferential reasoning abilities to understand character relationships and the emotional weight of events like overhearing the doctor's concerning comments about Mama's condition. Created by L. Lawson, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 5 and 6. This comprehensive reading comprehension quiz serves as an excellent tool for formative assessment, allowing teachers to gauge students' understanding of critical plot developments and character growth in this pivotal chapter. The quiz works effectively as a chapter review following guided or independent reading, ensuring students have grasped essential story elements before progressing to subsequent chapters. Teachers can use this assessment for homework assignments, classroom discussions, or as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before exploring themes of family responsibility, illness, and resilience that emerge in this section of the novel. The questions align with Common Core Standards RL.5.1 and RL.6.1 for citing textual evidence, RL.5.3 and RL.6.3 for analyzing character development and plot events, and RL.5.10 and RL.6.10 for reading and comprehending literature at grade-level complexity.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What stopped the strike?
Marta got sick.
The police came and stopped it.
The dust storm destroyed the cotton crop leaving no jobs to strike from.
The growers fired everyone and hired new workers.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.6.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is wrong with mama?
Mama has Valley Fever.
Mama has Mexican Fever.
Mama has California Fever.
Mama has Lonely Fever.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What frightening thing did Esperanza hear?
Esperanza heard the doctor say, "She's a fighter," when he was talking about mama.
Esperanza heard the doctor say, "Not much time left," when he was talking about mama.
Esperanza heard the doctor say, "Your family will miss you," when he was talking about mama.
Esperanza heard the doctor say, "If she survives," when he was talking about mama.
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RI.1.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Why did Esperanza have to take care of the twins and do all the housework by herself?
She volunteered to do all the work.
Isabel started school and wasn't there to help her.
It was her punishment for not knowing how to change diapers.
She switched places with Hortensia and now she was the servant.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RI.4.9
CCSS.RI.5.9
CCSS.RI.6.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Esperanza had a hard time at home alone with the babies because...
she fed them something that bothered their stomachs.
she burned the beans that she was cooking for dinner.
she had lots of dirty diapers to wash and the babies wouldn't go back to sleep.
all of the above
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RI.4.9
CCSS.RI.5.9
CCSS.RI.6.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What did Esperanza feed the babies to calm their stomachs?
warm milk
apple juice
rice water
grape soda
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Why can we infer that the babies adore Esperanza?
They always reach for Esperanza when they see her.
They cry when someone else takes care of them.
The smile when Esperanza walks into the room.
All of the above.
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
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