A Rice Sandwich By Sandra Cisneros
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Please answer all of the following questions by choosing the best answer. PLease use complete sentences for the written portion.
- 1.What reason does Esperanza's mother give for not lettingher eat in the canteen?
- A.
It will make more work for her
- B.
She knows that the canteen food is not good
- C.
The family cannot afford to pay for lunch
- D.
Esperanza is a picky eater
- 2.The narrator creates humor by
- A.
Describing the way Esperanza looks
- B.
Providing Esperanza's reasons for wanting to eat in the canteen
- C.
Making her sound silly
- D.
Describing the rice sandwich
- 3.Why does Esperanza ask her mother to eat in the canteen?
- A.
She does not like her mother's cooking
- B.
There is a boy she likes that eats in the canteen
- C.
Esperanza wants to eat with the kids in the canteen
- D.
Her mother works so she cannot go home for lunch
- 4.Why is Esperanza sent to Sister Superior?
- A.
She started crying
- B.
She needs permission to eat in the canteen
- C.
She started a food fight
- D.
She cut school to spend the day with Kiki and Carlos
- 5.Why does Esperanza take a rice sandwich to school?
- A.
They are vegetarians
- B.
Esperanza's mom is playing a joke on her
- C.
They do not have any lunchmeat
- D.
Esperanza will only eat rice
- 6.The story's narrator is about
- A.
Seven years ols
- B.
Twelve years old
- C.
Eighty years ols
- D.
Fifteen years ols
- 7.Why is Esperanza sent to Sister Superior?
- A.
She started crying
- B.
She needs permission to eat in the canteen
- C.
She started a food fight
- D.
She cut school to spend the day with Kiki and Carlos
- 8.How does Sister Superior react to the note?
- A.
She Esperanza's mother
- B.
She visits Esperanza's home
- C.
She sends Esperanza to the nurse
- D.
She confronts Esperanza about where she lives
- 9.The story's theme can be expressed as
- A.
It is important to demand your rights
- B.
Eating lunch at school is better than at home
- C.
Things are not always as wonderful as they seem
- D.
Parents always know what is best for their children
- 10.The author selected the first person point of view to
- A.
Help the reader's experience Esperanza's thoughts more clearly
- B.
Help people who do not read well understand the story
- C.
Show how Esperanza's mother feels
- D.
Persuade parents to be less strict
- 11.Which phrase best describes Esperanza?
- A.
Weak and easily swayed
- B.
Cynical and suspicious
- C.
Experienced and spohisticated
- D.
Strong-willed and determined
- 12.Esperanza's mother is characterized as
- A.
Lazy and foolish
- B.
Close to the nuns
- C.
Harsh and unyielding
- D.
Had-working and loving
- 13.Esperanza emerges from her experience-
- A.
Unchanged
- B.
Sadder but wiser
- C.
Very bitter
- D.
Determined to succeed
- 14.A canteen is
- A.
Cafeteria
- B.
Shabby; tattered
- C.
Pale and weak
- D.
Hardy, disciplined person
- 15.Raggedy means
- A.
Shabby; tattered
- B.
Cafeteria
- C.
Tells what everyone is thinking
- D.
Pale and weak
- 16.The omniscient narrator
- A.
Hardy; disciplined
- B.
Pale and weak
- C.
Tells what everyone is thinking
- D.
Cafeteria
- 17.Spartan-
- A.
Cafeteria
- B.
Hardy, disciplined person
- C.
Shabby; tattered
- D.
Pale and weak
- 18.Someone who is anemic is
- A.
Shabby; tattered
- B.
Hardy, disciplined person
- C.
Pale and weak
- D.
Cafeteria
- 19.Would you like Esperanza as a friend? Why or why not? What do you like about Esperanza? What do you not like about Esperanza? Use details from the story.
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