She is so little she is practically invisible, which makes her the perfect spy.
Who is Rosita?
100
"as brave as a lion"
What is simile?
(Brother's opinion of Paco when he cries openly at the fairgrounds because Grandpa is dead.)
100
"I haven't driven a car in years. There was never a need when I lived in New York City"
Who is Father Zeigler?
100
A red ribbon.
What is the symbol for Rosita?
100
"...there were bright lights all night long and the sound of engines and the smell of diesel."
Where is Iraq?
200
He just got his permit and now he needs 100 hours behind the wheel, so Grandma is letting him drive us down to the VFW hall in the next town over.
Who is Frank?
200
"She is approximately ten feet tall and will kick us to death."
What is hyperbole?
Shannon Egan
200
"He's my brother, you can't have him!"
Who is Rosita?
200
An American flag.
What is a symbol for Dad?
200
"...the girls sit on one side of the room, the side with the computer lab."
What is the schoolhouse?
300
She's pacing at the edge of the parking lot and talking to herself. She's smoking.
Who is Mrs. Ugarte? (Paco's mom)
300
"His white coat is coal-miner black"
What is metaphor?
Donner in the fire.
300
"Wise old man."
Who is Ernesto?
300
A car engine.
What is a symbol for Grandma?
300
"...a planet with no living plants and no Grandpa. Acres of river-bottom grass are nothing but a smudge of soot over bare dirt."
What is the ranch after the fire?
400
You are like her, you know. She saw beauty in things other people missed.
Who is Ignatius' mom?
400
"I've been on the right road the whole time"
What is metaphor?
Brother knows he has made the right decision about what to be in life.
400
"That was brave."
Who is Dad?
400
A cigarette.
What is the symbol for Mrs. Ugarte?
400
"...with twelves pews to sit on, six clear glass windows, a piano in the back, and a little altar that Dad and Grandpa made out of an oak that came down on the ranch almost thrity years ago."
What is the church?
500
He spins me in a circle laughing, but tear slides down each side of his dusty face.
Who is Ernesto?
500
"And then she laughs and hugs me again, which is so like her, I feel a thousand pounds lighter."
What is hyperbole?
Grandma comforting Igantius at the fairgrounds.
500
"Don't confuse the right thing with the easy thing."
Who is Mrs. Ugarte?
500
a chess piece
What is the symbol for Grandpa?
500
"The fire sweeps on a hundred yards away on either side, but we are standing in a golden patch of untouched prairie."
What is side of the mountain where Grandpa saved the sheep and Ernesto from the fire?