WorksheetsEsperanza Multiple Choice Final
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following does not occur?
Mama marries Tío Luis.
Papa passes away.
Esperanza gets on a train to California.
Abuelita gets left behind in Mexico.
Choose the best word to describe Miguel.
Kind
Amusing
Powerful
High-tempered
Choose the answer that best describes Esperanza’s feelings towards Tío Luis.
She is very friendly with Tío Luis.
She doesn’t have an opinion of Tío Luis.
Tío Luis is like a second father to Esperanza.
She feels resentment towards Tío Luis.
Choose the best words to describe how Esperanza feels on the train ride to America.
Confused and irritable
Relieved and excited
Compassionate and understanding
Raging and unable to calm down
How does Esperanza describe the divide between her and Miguel?
It is a fire.
It is a mountain.
It is a river.
It is a phoenix.
Which of the following is NOT true about Abuelita?
She tells Esperanza to not be afraid to start over.
She uses crochet to 'keep her hands busy' during hard times.
She is often negative and grumpy.
She is left behind in Mexico when Esperanza and Mama flee to California.
Choose the best word to describe Isabel.
Cautious
Hopeful
Bitter
Meek
Which of the following does NOT happen once they get to the camp in California?
Esperanza is disappointed when she sees their new home.
Alfonso and Miguel surprise Mama and Esperanza with a rose garden.
Esperanza and Marta become good friends quickly.
Esperanza learns to watch babies by herself.
Which of the following are effects of the dust storm? Circle all that apply.
Esperanza’s cabin is destroyed.
The strikers don’t end up striking.
Mama becomes sick with valley fever.
The plums cannot be harvested.
What sort of work does Esperanza do during her first day at work?
Cutting potato eyes
Planting sugar cane
Tying grapes
Picking cotton
What gift does Esperanza give to Mama while she is in the hospital?
A blanket
A smooth stone
A balloon
Fruit
What does Esperanza use to soften her hands?
Potato skins
Peaches
Avocados
Grape juice
What gift does Esperanza buy for Mama at Mr. Yakota’s market?
A statue
A piñata
A card
A dress
What information does Marta tell Esperanza and Miguel, regarding the strikers? Circle all that apply.
Many are joining their cause each day.
People have threatened the strikers.
The strikers are more organized than anyone thinks.
The strikers are planning to rob the landowners.
Which of the following does NOT happen in the final chapters (11-14) of the book?
Mama finally returns home.
Marta steals Esperanza’s money.
Abuelita comes to California.
Esperanza and Miguel have an argument.
How does Esperanza feel towards the strikers when some are deported? Choose the best answer.
She is angry at them.
She has compassion for them.
She greatly respects them.
She wants to join them.
What is the overall theme or message of this novel?
Do not be afraid to start over.
Do not marry your husband's brother.
Do not be a spoiled brat.
Always make friends when you go somewhere new.
What is the central conflict of this novel?
(What drives the action forward?)
Esperanza growing up and learning to be happy with what she has.
Papa dies.
Esperanza thinks that being rich is better than being poor.
Esperanza looking foolish in front of other people.
What is the inciting incident?
*What event starts the conflict?
Esperanza and Mama escape to California.
Papa is killed by bandits.
Esperanza and Miguel are on opposite sides of a river.
Mama refuses to marry Tio Luis.
What event is the climax?
*What ends the conflict?
Miguel brings Abuelita to California.
Miguel and Esperanza are finally on the same side of the river.
Mama comes home from the hospital.
Isabel does not win the Queen of May, but Esperanza gives her the doll.
