Esperanza Rising Comprehension Final Review

What is Esperanza about to celebrate at the start of the book?

• Her 15th birthday

• Her 13th birthday

• The end of the harvest

• Her dad's funeral

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CCSS.RL.5.1

What present did Papa give Esperanza every year?

• A doll

• A rosebush

• A candle

• A dress

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CCSS.RL.5.1

What does Tio Luis ask Mama to do?

• Sell him the house

• Marry him

• Send Esperanza to boarding school

• Kill her husband

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Why did Esperanza and Mama have to leave Mexico?

• Tio Luis burned the house down and threatened to harm them

• They're moving there with Tio Marco, Mama's future husband

• They found a job there that would make more money than the ranch

• Papa isn't really dead and is waiting for them in California

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

How do Esperanza, Mama, Hortensia, Miguel, and Alfonso get from Mexico to California?

• Train

• Wagon

• Car

• Walk

Why is Isabel so impressed with Esperanza when she first arrives?

• She thinks Esperanza is pretty

• She's heard stories from her cousin, Miguel, about her life in Mexico

• She's always wanted a big sister

• She's heard stories from her brother, Miguel, about her life in Mexico

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What does Marta want the farm workers to do?

• Steal food

• Go back to Mexico

• Strike

• Elect her Queen of May Day

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Which one is NOT one of Esperanza's jobs?

• Watch the babies

• Sweep the platform

• Work in the sheds

• None of the above

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CCSS.RL.5.1

What happened to Mama while she was working in the fields?

• She was attacked by someone who wanted to strike

• She got Valley Fever from the dust storm

• She suffocated to death during the dust storm

• She goes back to Mexico to marry Tio Luis

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What does Esperanza decide to do when Mama gets sick?

• Write to Abuelita for help

• Write to Tio Luis for help

• Go to work in the sheds with the other women

• Take on more children to babysit during the day

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2