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WorksheetsEsperanza Rising Test
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
What fruit did Esperanza give the babies that made them sick?
Avocados
Peaches
Oranges
Plums
What did Esperanza use to make the babies’ bellies feel better?
Rice water
Almonds
Soup
Tea leaves
On Esperanza’s birthday, what did her father and the men do?
Dance with her
Bring her flowers
Sing to her
Give her dolls
Esperanza had to be taught all of the following EXCEPT:
How to sweep
How to cook
How to knit
How to prepare rice water
Esperanza told Miguel that he was...
on the wrong side of the river
too poor
a useless farm worker
not her type
Esperanza’s mother was first taken ill by which sickness?
Flu
Valley Fever
Hunger
Pneumonia
Which fruit did Esperanza’s best friend’s father bring her on her birthday?
Papayas
Peaches
Avocados
Almonds
Esperanza helped Marta by:
Not telling immigration where she was hiding.
Giving her some food to eat.
Helping her father escape from the town.
Giving her mother some fruit.
Immigration Services sent the strikers to:
Oklahoma
Mexico
North to the other fields
To a plantation working on fruits
Esperanza gave Isabel:
poison to hurt the strikers
a book to learn to read English better
her doll when she didn’t win Queen of the May
several blankets to keep warm
Esperanza expects Hortensia to:
give her money
feed her a nighttime snack
make her tea
bathe her
When Immigration came to the farm to round up the strikers, Esperanza was:
changing the babies’ diapers
packing asparagus
sweeping the community center
talking to Isabel about her rich life
What did Esperanza’s father harvest every year at the time of her birthday?
Grapes
Wheat
Roses
Papayas
Esperanza and her family got the the U.S. border by:
Bus
Train
Car
Plane
Who burned down Esperanza’s house?
Hortensia
Tio Luis
Angry field workers
Campesinos
Who is Esperanza’s grandmother?
Abuelita
Hortensia
Ramona
Marta
Who was going to get indoor plumbing and a pool?
The Mexicans
Marta’s Strikers
Okies (the workers from Oklahoma)
The Campesinos
Abuelita does not come with Esperanza and her mother because:
Her ankle is hurt.
She doesn’t have enough money.
She is a wanted woman.
She holds the secret as to who lit the fires.
Esperanza’s father always gave her a __________ on her birthday.
doll
roses
fruit
a dress
The book is called Esperanza Rising because she:
is becoming richer.
rises up from the ashes of her old life like a phoenix and sees herself flying over the hills.
has fallen in love with Miguel and they are going to be married.
knows that she is better than the poor people.
Esperanza’s mother’s name is:
Ramona
Isabel
Abuelita
Hortensia
Esperanza’s housekeeper’s name is:
Ramona
Isabel
Abuelita
Hortensia
Who shows Esperanza how to sweep with a broom?
Isabel
Miguel
Alfonso
Her mom
Esperanza leaves her home at night under what?
A bus
The shadows of the trees
A half moon
Crates of fruit
Esperanza offends her mother on the train by:
complaining that they never should have left the ranch.
talking about how much money she would make as a worker.
treating a little girl like she was dirty and poor.
making fun of the peasants.
The family knows that Tío Luís was involved in Papa’s death because:
He tells them he did it.
He has done this to other families.
He threatens more fires and harder times for Ramona’s family.
He has Papa’s belt buckle.
Miguel calls Esperanza “mi reina,” meaning:
My boss
My sister
My love
My queen
Marta doesn’t like Esperanza because Esperanza:
has been a rich girl and has never worked like Marta has.
treats Marta like she is a bad poor person.
makes fun of her clothes.
can’t speak English.
Marta tries to improve the life of her family by:
stealing money from the farm owners.
encouraging others to refuse to work for such low wages and conditions.
moving to a better farm.
stealing money from other worker families.
A “campesino” is a:
field worker.
camp worker.
owner of a farm.
woman that takes care of the children while the men work in the fields.
The party that each camp holds once a in a while is called a ____________.
fiesta
dance
jamaica
piñata.
Esperanza lived on a plantation named _____________.
Grapeland.
El Ranchos de la Rosas.
Dos Rancho de Grapas.
El Rancho de Burrito.
Who brings Abuelita to the camp where Esperanza and Mama live?
Miguel
Alfonso
Hortensia
Ramona
How long is Esperanza’s mother in the hospital for?
1 week
2 months
6 months
1 year
Esperanza’s first job on the camp was:
cleaning the house.
picking cotton.
cooking beans.
sweeping the platform.
Esperanza saves money by:
getting a second job.
buying money orders from her pay.
gathering food from her work to sell to poorer families.
getting paid from the other workers’ families for watching their children.
On the train ride, Esperanza meets a woman with chickens that claims:
She is happy to be alive with her family (That’s all she needs).
She knows where there is better work for better pay (which is a lie).
They all should watch their backs in fear of being deported back to Mexico.
She knows where some money is hidden.
On their trip to the United States, Miguel and Alfonso bring:
roses
food
bottles of water
a piñata
What do Esperanza and Miguel have in common?
They are related.
They both like the United States.
They have specific flowers that represent them.
They will both one day be rich.
Miguel is a talented:
cook
farmer
father
engineer
How did Abuelita get to the United States?
She snuck out with the nuns.
Miguel stole Esperanza’s money to pay for her travel to come with him.
Hortensia left camp to go pick her up from the train.
Esperanza wrote her a letter and she came.
Pam Muñoz Ryan (the author) named the main character after:
Her mother
Her daughter
Her sister
Her grandmother
