WorksheetsEsperanza Rising Final Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the ranch that the Ortegas live on?
a)
Rancho de las Papayas
b)
Rancho de las Uvas
c)
Rancho de las Rosas
d)
Aquascalientes
2.
What was the last present Papa would ever give to Esperanza?
a)
papayas
b)
roses
c)
a doll
d)
a handkerchief
3.
How old is Esperanza on what would have been the day of the fiesta?
a)
13
b)
12
c)
11
d)
10
4.
Who burned down the ranch house?
a)
Tio Luis & Tio Marcos
b)
the bandits
c)
Alfonso
d)
Miguel
5.
Why was Esperanza so upset when she first saw Tio Luis at the reading of the will?
a)
He was holding the will with a huge grin.
b)
He was on one knee proposing to Ramona.
c)
He was holding Papa's checks from the bank.
d)
He was wearing Papa's belt buckle.
6.
Who was hurt from the fire?
a)
Abuelita
b)
Alfonso
c)
Mama
d)
Esperanza
7.
Who is the son of Alfonso and Hortensia?
a)
Sixto
b)
Juan
c)
Miguel
d)
Marcos
8.
Where is the family going to go in order to escape Mama from marrying Tio Luis?
a)
New Mexico
b)
California
c)
Texas
d)
Arizona
9.
Since the visas were burned during the fire, how are Esperanza and her mama going to be able to immigrate to the United States?
a)
Abuelita will have the nuns get them duplicates
b)
They will sneak through the border.
c)
They will take a boat through the Gulf of Mexico.
d)
Alfonso will sneak them in a wagon across the border.
10.
Why can't Abuelita go with the rest of the group to the U.S.?
a)
She is too old.
b)
She does not want to leave her homeland.
c)
She has a swollen ankle.
d)
She was burned too badly from the fire.
11.
When Esperanza is young, she says that she will marry Miguel. But as she gets older, she realizes she will not be able to marry him because
a)
Miguel will have to move far away when he gets older
b)
the wedding would cost too much money
c)
Miguel has stopped talking to Esperanza
d)
she is the ranch owner's daughter and he is the housekeeper's son
12.
What sentence shows the moment when Esperanza knows the dead body in the back of the cart is her dad?
a)
"Esperanza could see a body in the back, completely covered with a blanket."
b)
"Mama fainted."
c)
"Esperanza felt her heart drop."
d)
"Alfonso didn't say a word but the tears running down his round cheecks confirmed the worst."
13.
To remind Esperanza of home, Alfonso and Miguel...
a)
made her favorite meal.
b)
planted roses from the ranch.
c)
made her a new saddle.
d)
hung pictures on the wall.
14.
As a reward for protecting Esperanza from bandits, Miguel had..
a)
asked to go to the carnival.
b)
asked for a new watch.
c)
asked to go on a train ride.
d)
asked for a puppy.
15.
Because she wanted to be Queen of the May, Isabel..
a)
wore a new dress every day.
b)
prayed at the statue every day.
c)
paid people to vote for her.
d)
gave her teacher a present.
16.
While Esperanza waited for her father in the garden, she ...
a)
pulled weeds from the ground.
b)
watered the tomatoes.
c)
planted seeds for new flowers.
d)
cut her finger on a thorn.
17.
Carmen, the egg woman, _______before she left the train.
a)
fixed her hair and makeup
b)
gave Esperanza a necklace
c)
gave Mama two chickens
d)
bought some popcorn to eat
18.
What is the setting in Esperanza Rising in the first chapters
Aguascalientes 1924
Las Papaya
Los Higos
Aguascalientes 1924
Las Papaya
Los Higos
a)
Aguascalientes, Texas on a hacienda after the Mexican Revolution
b)
Aguascalientes, Mexico on a hacienda after the Mexican Revolution
c)
Aguascalientes, California on a hacienda after the Mexican Revolution
19.
Why was Papa warned to not to travel alone?
a)
There was resentment towards the wealthy people after the revolution.He could be in danger from bandits.
b)
La Llorona haunts the countryside searching for her dead children!
c)
Esperanza's birthday was coming and she did not want him to be late.
20.
What did Esperanza's dad always give her on her birthday?
a)
Mexican choclate
b)
papayas
c)
Money
d)
A porcelain doll
21.
Clues or hints an author gives to future plot events.
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Flashback
c)
Flashlight
22.
Abuelita calls Tio Luis a vulture.
The vulture is a symbol of what personality trait?
The vulture is a symbol of what personality trait?
a)
A person that is like a beautiful bird who helps everyone
b)
A person who waits to take advantage of another when they are vunerable
23.
Miguel tells Esperanza there is a river between them.
a)
The river is a symbol of the division. The theme of race and class. Miguel and Esperanza can never be equal in Mexico
b)
The river is on the border and they live in different countries, they can never be together.
c)
The river is too deep for Miguel and he can't swim across to the other side.
24.
Who said, "Do not be afraid to start over"?
a)
Hortensia
b)
Papa
c)
Abuelita
d)
Esperanza
25.
What are the problems between the landowners and the campesinos?
a)
The landowners are rich and the campesinos are poor.
b)
The landowners are nice and the campesinos are mean.
c)
The landowners are poor and the campesinos are rich.
d)
The landowners are rich and the campesinos are rich.
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