Esperanza Rising- Practice Test

Which of these is the biggest lesson Esperanza learned during this story?

• Farm work is extremely difficult

• Always persevere and be patient to be successful in life.

• The kind doctor is the only reason Mama survived. Esperanza learned the importance of medicine and wants to become a doctor when she’s older.

It took Mama a long time to recover from Valley Fever. Which best describes how Esperanza handled this difficult situation?

• Esperanza was happy Mama was gone for a long time. That meant there was no one to tell her what to do. She felt free without Mama around her.

• Esperanza yelled at Miguel all the time. She thought it was his fault they moved to California and put Mama in a position to get sick.

• Esperanza was worried, but she forced herself to conquer her fears and learn to work harder. She knew she had to work more to help her family and friends.

Esperanza did many new jobs when she first arrived in California. She had to clean, cook, and take care of babies. What happened the first few times Esperanza did these things?

• She realized she loved doing chores like these.

• She made lots of mistakes.

• She made someone else do the jobs for her because she didn’t feel like doing them.

Read this sentence from the novel: “He who falls today may rise tomorrow." What does this mean?

• Falling down is painful.

• Never give up.

• Life is full of success.

In the final chapter, Esperanza realizes that there are so many “mountains and valleys.” What does this mean?

• Life is full of good times and challenging times.

• California is a beautiful place to live because there are mountains and valleys all around them.

• Making a quilt is much more difficult than she ever imagined.