Esperanza Rising Ch. 9-10 Quiz

Mama gets so sick that she ______.

• has to stay home

• passes away

• has to go to the hospital

• has to go back to Mexico

Esperanza starts working so she can ________.

• bring Mama back to Mexico

• bring Abuelita to see Mama

• bring Tio Luis to see Mama

• bring Hortensia back to Mexico

Marta's aunt said there was talk of _____ in the spring, and of harming people who continued to ____.

• strike, work

• storms, protest

• drought, work

• strike, be lazy

What figurative language is Esperanza using when she compares the mountains and valleys of the blanket to her own life? "Would she ever escape this valley she was living in? This valley of Mama being sick?"

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Esperanza brought Mama _____.

• Abuelita's blanket and a rock for Christmas

• rice water to help her feel better

• a doll she and Isabel had made

• a flower from one of the rose bushes

Hortensia put _____ on Esperanza's hands, which were cut and swollen from working.

• jelly

• lotion

• mashed potatoes

• avocados

Mama had pnemonia, which meant Esperanza could not _____.

• keep working

• spend time with Miguel

• visit Hortensia for a while

• visit Mama for a while

For Miguel, the strike meant ____.

• that he might be sent back to Mexico

• that he might be able to get a job at the bank

• that he may not earn enough money to help his family

• that he might be able to get a job at the railroad

On the first day of work in the sheds with Hortensia and Josefina, Esperanza learns:

• How to crochet

• Where potatoes come from

• How to do laundry

• Where peaches come from

Many Americans thought the Mexican workers were _____.

• dirty and poor

• smart and clever

• poor, but hard workers

• wealthy and clean