WorksheetsEsperanza Rising Novel
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 22mins
What fruit did Esperanza give the babies that made them sick?
Avocados
peaches
oranges
plums
What did Esperanza use to make their bellies feel better?
rice water
Almonds
Soup
Tea Leaves
On Esperanza’s birthday, the men used to do what?
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
That he was too poor
That he was a useless farm worker
That he was not her type
Esperanza’s mother was taken ill by what sickness?
Flu
Arthritis
Hunger
Pneumonia
Esperanza’s best-friend’s father brought her a crate of what 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 took 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
a doll to make her feel better,
several blankets to keep warm
Esperanza expects Hortensia to:
give her money
feed her a night time snack
make her tea
bathe her
What did Esperanza’s father harvest every year at the time of her birthday?
Grapes
Wheat
Roses
Papayas
Esperanza and her family got to the U.S. border by
Bus
Train
Car
Plane
Who burned down Esperanza’s house?
Hortensia
Tio Luis
Angry field Workers
Abuelita
Who is Esperanza’s grandmother?
Abuelita
Hortensia
Ramona
Marta
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.
sees herself flying over the hills of where she now lives.
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 house keeper’s name is:
Ramona
Isabel
Abuelita
Hortensia
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 Tio 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 wallet and 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
A “campesino” is a:
woman that takes care of the children while the men work in the fields.
field worker
slave
farm owner
Esperanza lived on a plantation named _____________.
Grapeland
El Ranchos de la Rosas
Dos Rancho de Grapas
.El Rancho de Burrito
Who brings Abuelita back to Esperanza and Mama at the end of the book?
Miguel
Alfonso
Hortensia
Ramona
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 worker’s families for watching their children.
On their trip to the United States, Miguel and Alfonso bring:
roses
food
bottles of water
a pinata
