Esperanza Rising Quiz Chapters 1-5

What is the name of the ranch where Esperanza lives?

• Aguascalientes

• El Rancho de las Rosas

• The Ranch

• Bakersfield

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What event is Esperanza looking forward to?

• The harvest.

• Going to California.

• Her birthday.

• Helping her dad pick grapes.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why does Esperanza feel anguish at the beginning of the Las Papayas chapter?

• Her birthday got postponed.

• She didn't get the gift she wanted.

• Abuelita is making her crochet a blanket.

• Papa has died.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

Why has Alfonso and Miguel lost faith in their country?

• Because papa has died.

• They are servants and know they will always be servants in Mexico.

• They don't own land.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was happening while Esperanza was dreaming of being attacked by a bear?

• The neighbors were playing loud music.

• Abuelita was crocheting a blanket.

• The house was being robbed.

• The house was on fire.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What are Ramona's (mama's) two options after the fire?

• Marry Tio Luis or leave Mexico.

• Rebuild the ranch or marry Tio Luis.

• Fire all of the workers or rebuild the ranch.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

Where does Hortencia, Esperanza, and Ramona hide when they "sneak away" from the ranch?

• On the train.

• In a room in their house.

• Between the floor boards of a wagon.

• They don't hide.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

What is Esperanza's opinion of the peasants on the train?

• She thinks she is better than them.

• She feels sorry for them.

• She knows she is one of them.

• She has no opinion of them.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.6

What is the name of the vast, flat region where much of the nation's crops are grown?

• Los Angeles

• El Centro

• San Fernando Valley

What happens when Esperanza tries to hear the heartbeat of the earth?

• She hears it and rejoices.

• She tells the others.

• Nothing happens. She can't hear it, and becomes upset.

• Mama lays down with her to try to hear it, too.

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CCSS.RL.3.1