WorksheetsEsperanza Rising
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Esperanza is Spanish for what English word?
a)
Rising
b)
Hope
c)
Love
d)
Rose
2.
Where is Esperanza from?
a)
Aguascalientes, Mexico
b)
Los Angeles, California
c)
Cancun, Mexico
d)
Bakersfield, California
3.
Which of the following words does NOT describe Esperanza in the beginning of the story?
a)
generous
b)
wealthy
c)
privileged
d)
snobby
4.
Which of the following did Tio Luis and/or Tio Marco NOT do? (Choose all answers that are correct)
a)
burned down El Rancho de las Rosas
b)
married Mama
c)
killed Papa
d)
watched Abuelita
5.
How did Esperanza and her family escape?
a)
plane
b)
car
c)
boat
d)
wagon
6.
What gift did Esperanza save in the fire?
a)
her doll
b)
Papa's chair
c)
a necklace
d)
her dress for someday
7.
What metaphor does Esperanza use to describe her relationship to Miguel?
a)
they stand on two different sides of the same rivier
b)
the sound of grapes ready for harvest
c)
the blooming of roses from ashes
d)
mountains and valleys
8.
What did Abuelita mean when she said "after many mountains and valleys we will be together?"
a)
Esperanza was going to have to sew a lot
b)
Esperanza was going to experience many highs and lows
c)
Esperanza was going to do a lot of physical climbing
d)
Esperanza was going to move a lot
9.
What event shows that Esperanza's internal character has changed?
a)
When she yells at Miguel
b)
When she pulls the doll away from the girl on the train
c)
When she gives Isabel her doll
d)
When she stays with the babies
10.
What genre is Esperanza Rising?
a)
science fiction
b)
historical fiction
c)
realistic fiction
d)
nonfiction
11.
Why does Marta want everyone in the camp to strike so badly?
a)
to raise awareness for the children
b)
to get more money and better working conditions
c)
to irritate Esperanza
d)
to help her family
12.
Who is Hortensia?
a)
She is Mama's housekeeper.
b)
She is Miguel's mother.
c)
She is the wife of Alfonso.
d)
All of the above.
13.
"The whole valley breathes and lives", said Papa.
What example of figurative language is this?
What example of figurative language is this?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Onomotopoeia
14.
When one character is the narrator telling the story. The author uses the pronoun "I".
a)
Selfish
b)
First person POV
c)
Third
Third person POV
Third person POV
15.
Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Shoomp!
b)
The uncles looked like underfed billy goats.
c)
The uncles are vultures!
d)
The angry thorn stabbed Esperanza.
16.
Why did Marta and other migrant workers not go through with the strike?
a)
The dust storm ruined the cotton fields.
b)
The owners of the crops heard that there was going to be a strike so they brought in new workers from Oklahoma.
c)
Marta grew too ill to organize the strike.
d)
An ice storm hit the region the night before the strike.
17.
What was Esperanza's only hope of having Mama get better?
a)
Abuelita
b)
new medicines
c)
Hortensia
d)
Miguel working more hours to make more money for Mama's stay in the hospital.
18.
What is a strike as used in Esperanza Rising?
a)
a term used in bowling
b)
a stoppage of work due to unfair conditions
c)
when someone hits another person
d)
the opposite of an "O" in tic, tac, toe.
19.
"The uncles are vultures!" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
personification
20.
What is the advice that Esperanza gives Isabel at the end of the story?
a)
Chin up butter cup
b)
Keep your head high cutie pie
c)
Don't ever be afraid to start over
d)
You're never to young to work hard
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