Esperanza Melones

Who meets Esperanza and the other travelers at the train station in California?

• Abuelita

• Tío Luis and Tío Marco

• Immigration officials

• Juan, Josefina, Isabel, and the twins

What does Esperanza think the first time she sees Isabel?

• She thinks Isabel looks like the doll her father gave her.

• She thinks Isabel is a very interesting character, and she wants to have a chance to talk with her about her travels.

• She thinks Isabel is a whining crybaby.

• She thinks she and Isabel will become best friends.

Why does Esperanza become upset when the family stops for lunch on their way to the camp?

• She misses her father.

• Mama becomes angry with Esperanza because of her bad attitude.

• Esperanza becomes upset because she can't hear the heartbeat of the valley.

• Esperanza and Miguel get into an argument.

What is Isabel most looking forward to now that she lives at the new camp in Arvin?

• She is looking forward to going to school for the first time.

• She is looking forward to being able to work in the sheds with her mother.

• She is looking forward to having a toilet in the cabin.

• She is looking forward to making new friends.

Who is Marta?

• Marta is a girl about Miguel's age who lives in a camp where they pick cotton.

• Marta is the name of the doll Esperanza got from her father.

• Marta is a young girl Esperanza meets on the train.

• Marta is Esperanza's grandmother.

According to Marta, why don't the field owners mix workers of different ethnic groups?

• Marta doesn't know why the owners keep the workers from mixing.

• Marta claims that the owners don't want the workers banding together for higher wages or better housing.

• Marta claims the owners think the workers are more efficient when they are with other people from the same culture who speak the same language.

• Marta claims the owners are racist and don't want the Mexicans mixing with any other races.

How does Isabel know so much about Esperanza before she even arrives?

• Isabel had visited Esperanza at El Rancho de las Rosas many times when she was younger.

• Miguel called Isabel often and sent her pictures of El Rancho de las Rosas.

• Miguel visited his relatives many times and told them about Esperanza each time.

• Miguel had sent letters to Isabel's family, telling them about Esperanza and life at El Rancho de la Rosas.

What happened immediately before Esperanza fainted?

• She was extremely frustrated because she could not hear the heartbeat of the land.

• Isabel was telling her about the living conditions in her new home.

• Esperanza realized they still had to travel a long way in the truck.

• Marta was saying rude things to her.

which quote from Marta shows why she does not like Esperanza?

• "I have never heard of El Rancho de las Rosas. Is that a town?"

• "Well, my father died too. Before he came to this country, he fought in the Mexican Revolution against people like her (Esperanza's) father who owned all the land."

• "Just so you know, this isn't Mexico."

• "The don't want us banding together for higher wages or better housing."