Esperanza Rising Quiz 1

True or False.

Esperanza's birthday is at the start of the story.

• True

• False

How did Esperanza's Papa die?

Who did Esperanza's uncle, Tio Luis, offer to marry after Papa died?

• Mama

• Esperanza

Why did the uncle want to marry Esperanza's Mama?

• he wanted to support her financially

• citizens would likely vote for him in politics because she is well-liked in the community and they'd be a married couple

• because she was the only woman that would say yes to him

What horrible act did the two uncles do to El Rancho de las Rosas?

• they stole family heirlooms

• they burned it down

• they let hundred of chickens loose

• they destroyed the artwork

Which state do Esperanza and the others move to?

• Arizona

• Colorado

• New Mexico

• California

True or False.

Abuelita, the grandma, didn't plan to ever join them in California.

• True

• False

After the group secretly left El Rancho de las Rosas, what is their first mode of transportation?

• they travel on foot in the middle of the night

• they hide inside a wagon

• they hitchhike

True or False.

Marta is very kind to Esperanza.

• True

• False

How does Esperanza feel when she sees her new home in the camp in California?