Q 01/05

The heroine's name in the novel Esperanza Rising is also the Spanish word for what?

A) Faith

B) Hope

C) Courage

D) Patience

Answer · why

B) Hope

Hope is the meaning of esperanza, and the title was only settled once the whole story was written, picked from several the author weighed up with her ...

Q 02/05

In Esperanza Rising's Las Cebollas chapter, which fairy-tale name does Marta mockingly call Esperanza?

A) Snow White

B) Rapunzel

C) Cinderella

D) Sleeping Beauty

Answer · why

C) Cinderella

Cinderella, or La Cenicienta, is Marta's jeer when the former rich girl cannot work a broom on the camp platform. Miguel later shows her how to sweep.

Q 03/05

In Esperanza Rising's Los Higos chapter, Abuelita says the family is like which creature of legend?

A) A sphinx

B) A griffin

C) A thunderbird

D) A phoenix

Answer · why

D) A phoenix

A phoenix, the bird reborn from its own ashes, is Abuelita's image for the family once the ranch has burned. She had rebuilt her own life as a girl, a...

Q 04/05

In Esperanza Rising's Las Guayabas chapter, what had young Miguel let out of his pocket to fool the thieves?

A) A mouse

B) A lizard

C) A cricket

D) A frog

Answer · why

A) A mouse

A mouse ran out from under the bed, so the intruders blamed it for the noise Esperanza made when a pin jabbed her. Hortensia retells the story to stea...

Q 05/05

In Esperanza Rising, what do Alfonso and Miguel secretly carry in a damp oilcloth all the way to California?

A) Grapevine roots

B) Mama's jewelry box

C) Papa's roses

D) A caged songbird

Answer · why

C) Papa's roses

Papa's roses survived the fire below ground, so father and son dug up cuttings and wet the cloth at every train stop. Replanted behind the cabin, they...