Esperanza Rising Characters

Character Choice: Who is Esperanza's grandmother?

• Ramona

• Hortensia

• Isabel

• Abuelita

Character Choice: Who is the leader of the striking workers and looks down on Esperanza as spoiled?

• Carmen

• Ramona

• Marta

• Hortensia

Which characteristic does NOT describe Esperanza at the END of the novel? *

• Happy

• Self-Sufficient

• Mature

• Selfish

Which characteristic does NOT describe Esperanza at the BEGINNING of the novel?

• Princess

• Depedent

• Reliable

• Self-Centered

Which choice is NOT a reason Esperanza is now at peace with her new life? *

• Abuelita is now with her family.

• Mama is getting better.

• Isabel became the Queen of May.

• She forgives Miguel.

Character Choice: Who is Esperanza's good friend who repeatedly tries to help her with her new life? *

• Tio Luis

• Alfonso

• Miguel

• Sixto Ortega

Which choice is NOT an example of Esperanza's character growth?

• from depending on others to now relying on herself

• from self-centered to now selfless

• from unfriendly to now friendly

• from needy to responsible and hard working

Plot Diagram: Esperanza is 12 years old, her parents are Ramona and Sixto Ortega, her grandmother is Abuelita. Esperanza's father is a wealthy rancher and landowner in Aguascalientes, Mexico in 1930.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Why was Esperanza so upset when she first saw Tio Luis at the reading of the will?

• He was holding the will with a huge grin.

• He was on one knee proposing to Ramona.

• He was holding Papa's checks from the bank.

• He was wearing Papa's belt buckle.

Since the visas were burned during the fire, how are Esperanza and her mama going to be able to immigrate to the United States?

• Abuelita will have the nuns get them duplicates

• They will sneak through the border.

• They will take a boat through the Gulf of Mexico.

• Alfonso will sneak them in a wagon across the border.