Las Uvas (Grapes)
Las Papayas (Papayas)
Los Higos (Figs)
Los Melones (Cantaloupes)
Las Cebollas (Onions)
100
Esperanza's favorite time of the year
What is harvesting of grapes?
100
According to Miguel, how was the United States different from Mexico?
What is in Mexico, Miguel and his father would always be servants. They could become more than servants in the United States.
100
The reason Esperanza gets laughed at for saying, "And..and I could work, too".
What is because she has never worked a day in her life?
100
The reason Esperanza becomes "irritated" with Isabel.
What is because Isabell kept asking questions?
100
Why do you think Miguel taught Esperanza how to sweep?
What is he cared for her?
200
A fiesta of transition for young girls in Mexican Culture
What is a Quinceanera?
200
Papa's final gift to Esperanza
What is the doll?
200
The tragedy that falls upon El Rancho de las Rosas, and the person responsible.
What is fire burns it to the ground, and Tio Luis is responsible?
200
According to Marta, why should the workers stop working?
To force the owners to give them higher wages and better housing.
200
Marta said mean things and laughed at Esperanza when she tried to sweep. What did this show about Marta?
What is that she was mean; she was not nice.
300
Esperanza pricks her finger. This is a hint of danger to come. A language arts term for this "hint" is
What is foreshadowing?
300
Tio Luis' reason for wearing the belt buckle?
What is because he wants to be in charge of the land now that Papa is no longer there?
300
When Abuelita says, "right now, you are in the bottom of the valley...but soon [she]will be at the top of a mountain again", she means...
What is right now you are struggling, you are in a low place because of what has happened, but soon you will be on top again, happy and peaceful?
300
The reason the Filipinos, Okies, Japanese and Mexican workers live and work separate.
What is because the owners don't want them coming together in protest for higher wages and better housing?
300
Esperanza was nice to Silvia. Why?
What is she wanted to be nicer to peasant people, like Mama was. She didn’t want Silvia to cry.
400
Why is Esperanza's grandmother so special? (Capricious)
What is she can have dinner with royalty and turn right around and read and sing to the birds in the fields?
400
Who wants to marry mama and why?
What/Who is Tio Luis wants to marry Mama becasue he will be able to benefit from her reputation, and be able to keep the land and the workers?
400
Esperanza resentfully smashed the figs beneath her feat. Resentfully means...
What is to not want to do something?
400
The reason Esperanza doesn't like Marta.
What is because she and Miguel talk alot, and she insults Esperanza and Papa?
400
How did Mama change her hair? Why?
What is she put it in a long braid like a peasant. She had to wear it like that for work.
500
Why can't Miguel and Esperanza marry
What is because they are separated by a deep river?
500
How did Esperanza feel about Miguel when he touched her hand?
What is she liked him very much, but she thought that she should not like a servant.
500
What did the zigzag of the blanket represent?
What is ups and downs of life.
500
The significance/importance of Esperanza's traveling in the wagon, on the train, in the back of the truck.
What is it shows the reality of her life changing. She no longer has the finer things in life now that Papa is gone. She is now among the "common", "poor" people?
500
Why did Esperanza tell Isabel that she would leave the camp soon?
What is she hoped that it would be true; she didn’t want to admit she was poor.
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