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WorksheetsEsperanza Rising Quiz Chapters 1-5
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the name of the ranch where Esperanza lives?
Aguascalientes
El Rancho de las Rosas
The Ranch
Bakersfield
What event is Esperanza looking forward to?
The harvest.
Going to California.
Her birthday.
Helping her dad pick grapes.
Why does Esperanza feel anguish at the beginning of the Las Papayas chapter?
Her birthday got postponed.
She didn't get the gift she wanted.
Abuelita is making her crochet a blanket.
Papa has died.
Why has Alfonso and Miguel lost faith in their country?
Because papa has died.
They are servants and know they will always be servants in Mexico.
They don't own land.
What was happening while Esperanza was dreaming of being attacked by a bear?
The neighbors were playing loud music.
Abuelita was crocheting a blanket.
The house was being robbed.
The house was on fire.
What are Ramona's (mama's) two options after the fire?
Marry Tio Luis or leave Mexico.
Rebuild the ranch or marry Tio Luis.
Fire all of the workers or rebuild the ranch.
Where does Hortencia, Esperanza, and Ramona hide when they "sneak away" from the ranch?
On the train.
In a room in their house.
Between the floor boards of a wagon.
They don't hide.
What is Esperanza's opinion of the peasants on the train?
She thinks she is better than them.
She feels sorry for them.
She knows she is one of them.
She has no opinion of them.
What is the name of the vast, flat region where much of the nation's crops are grown?
Los Angeles
El Centro
San Fernando Valley
What happens when Esperanza tries to hear the heartbeat of the earth?
She hears it and rejoices.
She tells the others.
Nothing happens. She can't hear it, and becomes upset.
Mama lays down with her to try to hear it, too.
