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Plot
100
This word means warm and friendly
What is cordial?
100
This word means Catholic prayer beads
What are rosaries?
100
"You can only feel the earth's heartbeat when you are still and quiet."
Who is Papa?
100
"I predicted you would say no, Ramona, and I have a solution to your living arrangements. A proposal actually. One of marriage."
Who is Tio Luis?
100
Two parts to the question, you get your points if you get one part right. You receive double the points if you get both parts right. According to Miguel, who do the rich take care of? Who do the poor take care of?
The rich take care of the rich. The poor take care of those who are poorer than themselves.
200
This word means showing exaggerated importance or worth.
What is pretentious?
200
This word means systematically.
What is methodically?
200
"Must we always crochet to take our minds off worry?"
Who is Esperanza?
200
"Please officially relay this message to Luis. I will never, ever change my mind."
Who is Mama?
200
The name of the big city that Esperanza arrives in where she is unable to feel Earth's heartbeat?
What is Los Angeles?
300
This word means unwillingly.
What is reluctantly?
300
This is another word for a traitor
What is a renegade?
300
"In this way my love and good wishes will be in the blanket forever. Now watch. Ten stitches up to the top of the mountain. Add one stitch. Nine stitches down to the bottom of the valley. Skip one."
Who is Abuelita?
300
"You should know that we have decided to go to the United States. Alfonso's brother has been writing to us about the big farm in California where he works now."
Who is Hortensia?
300
This is the opportunity that Isabel is excited that she gets at her new camp that Esperanza takes for granted
What is to go to school?
400
This is a word for a person who carries luggage
What is a porter?
400
This word means stale, unmoving, having no flow
What is stagnant?
400
"The work is hard in the United States but at least there we will have a chance to be more than servants."
Who is Miguel?
400
"I am poor, but I am rich. I have my children. I have a garden with roses, and I have my faith and the memories of those who have gone before me. What more is there?"
Who is Carmen?
400
This is the type of fruit that Juan stops the truck to pick up because the field markers are down
What are cantaloupes?
500
This is the word for a dilapidated old car
What is a jalopy?
500
This word means free from being tied down
What is untethered?
500
"Your father ordered these from me for the fiesta today. I tried to deliver them to the kitchen, but no one answered."
Who is Senor Rodriguez?
500
"Ramona, another sadness in so short a time. We are deeply sorry."
Who is Tio Marco?
500
BONUS POINTS AVAILABLE: Name any of the other groups of workers (aside from Mexicans) who "live separate and work separate." (500 points per group provided)
What are the Okies, Filipinos, and Japanese?
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