Esperanza Rising End-of-Book Quiz

Esperanza's attitude about __________ changed a lot by the end of the story.

• Tio Luis

• Isabel

• Abuelita

• Papa

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

• Farm work is extremely difficult.

• Always be thankful for your family and friends. They are more important than having nice things.

• Be nice to people so they owe you favors later. If Esperanza ever sees Marta again, Marta will owe her a big favor for helping her.

• 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.

Which is most likely to happen during the next year of Esperanza's life?

• She will continue working hard in the fields. She will feel happy that Abuelita is there and Mama is healthy.

• She will figure out a way to have Tio Luis murdered. Esperanza will always be consumed with anger about the way he treated her family.

• She will figure out how to build a bigger house. She wants Isabel to learn what it's like to have nice things.

• She will realize 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. 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 was terrified that Mama would die. She spent most of her time crying inside the house until Mama got better.

• 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?

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

• 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.

Which summarizes Esperanza's attitude about the workers who went on strike?

• She feels like they are horrible people and they deserved to be deported out of the USA.

• She wanted to join them, but she promised Mama that she would keep working. Esperanza is sad she made this promise to Mama.

• Esperanza understood why they went on strike, but she refused to join them. She felt like she had to keep working to earn money for her family.

• She was confused about why they were striking. She felt like the workers were treated perfectly and were greedy to ask for anything more.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

• She needs to protect Abuelita from getting Valley Fever.