Esperanza Rising Final Quiz

Who did Esperanza's attitude change about by the end of the story?

• Isabel

• Tio Luis

• Abuelita

• Papa

What is the biggest lesson Esperanza learns?

• Always be thankful for family and friends.

• Farm work is extremely difficult

• Be nice to people so they owe you favors later.

• The kind doctor is the only reason Mama survived.

What is most likely to happen in the next year of Esperanza's life?

• She will continue to work in the fields.She will fell happy Abuelita is here and Mama is healthy.

• She will figure out a way to have Tio Luis killed.

• She will figure out a way to build a bigger house.

• She willrealize that life in the USA is terrible and will sneak back to Mexico alone.

It took Mama a long time to recover from Valley Fever. How did Esperanza handle this situation?

• She was worried, but forced herself to conquer her fears and work harder.

• She was happy Mama was gone for a long time.

• She was terrified Mama would die.

• She yelled at Miguel all the time.

What happened the first few times Esperanza did new work in Mexico, such as cleaning and cooking?

• She make a lot of mistakes.

• People saw how hard she worked and gained tremendousl respect for her.

• She realized she loved doing chores like these.

• She made someone else do the jobs.

How does Esperanza feel about workers who went on strike?

• She understood, but refused to join them.

• She feels like they are horrible people.

• She wanted to join them, but she promised Mama she would keep working.

• She was confused why they were striking.

Which of these impacted the type of work Miguel did for the railroad company?

• People who agreed to work for the least amount of money got the good jobs.

• Esperanza persuaded Miguel's boss to give him the best job.

• Miguel's boss saw his amazing talent of repairing engines.

• The dust storm made all the other workers too sick to work.

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 mor difficult than she ever imagined.

• She needs to protect Abuelita from getting Valley Fever.

Esperanza matured a lot during this story. Besides Papa’s death, which event do you feel had the biggest impact on this? Explain why you feel this way. Use the RACE strategy to complete your answer.

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Answer explanation

For example, one event is Mama's sickness.

Compare and contrast the way Esperanza felt about her home in California during the chapter called Las Cebollas with the way she felt about it in the last chapter? Why does Esperanza feel differently about her home now? Be sure to answer both parts of the question for full credit.