Esperanza in Mexico
Esperanza in California
Characters
vocabulary
Surprise
100
El Rancho de las Rosas
What is the ranch where Esperanza lived?
100
Lupe and Pepe
Who are the children Esperanza watched?
100
Esperanza
Who is the main character?
100
las uvas
What is grapes in Spanish?
100
convent
Where did Abuelita stay when Esperanza left Mexico?
200
papayas
What is the fruit served on Esperanza's birthday?
200
Marta
Who is the first person Esperanza met after arriving in California?
200
Miguel
Who is Esperanza's friend?
200
desolate
What is empty or abandoned?
200
sweeping the platform and doing laundry
What are Esperanza's first jobs?
300
fire
What burned down Esperanza's home?
300
plums
What is the fruit that made the babies sick?
300
Isabel
Who helps Esperanza learn her duties after arriving in California?
300
las almendras
What is almonds?
300
shwoop, shwoop, shwoop *hint - literary term
What is onomonopia
400
Tio Luis ans Tio Marco
Who set fire to Esperanza's home?
400
strike
What is not working for better conditions?
400
Ramona
Who is Esperanza's mother?
400
grieve
What is feeling sad?
400
fruit cart
What is the way Esperanza left Mexico?
500
mountains and valleys
What is symbolism for Esperanza's life?
500
Valley Fever or pnuemonia
What is the disease Mama developed from dust particles?
500
Abuelita
Who is Esperanza's grandmother?
500
serenade
What is singing to someone outside their window?
500
The Pheonix
What is a bird who lives, dies, and rises from the ashes?
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