Race Cars
How many types of car races are there?
Two
How do dolphins breathe?
Blowhole
What did Papi hand Esperanza?
A knife
Jaques spent much of his time as a child swimming at the beaches of _________.
France
In what year was the earthquake in San Francisco?
1906
True or false: track races are on a track in the shape of a circle.
False: oval.
People like to watch dolphins do what two things?
Swim and do tricks
What is the name of one of Esperanza's parents?
Ramona or Sixto
Who did Jacques see diving underwater and catching fish?
The natives
What started the fires all over the city?
Gas leaks
Car racing tests the speed of cars and the ______ of drivers.
Skill
Dolphins make a sound like a __________.
Whistle
What did Esperanza do that signaled the beginning of the harvest?
She cut some grapes off of the vine.
True or false: Jacques joined the French army.
False: Navy
True or false: 300,000 people lost their homes
False: 250,000
What two things happen in the pit?
The cars get new tires and the engines are checked.
True or false: dolphins are able to see, hear, taste and small.
False - not smell
Name two of the groups gathered with Esperanza in chapter 2.
Jacques developed the first self-contained underwater breathing _________.
Apparatus
What is the name of the people who went around trying to steal things following the earthquakes?
Looters
What are the two types of races?
Road and track
What is a baby dolphin called?
Calf
True or false: Esperanza has two sisters and a brother.
Jacques devoted his life to underwater __________.
Exploration
What three things crumbled during the earthquake, according to the passage?
hotels, factories and homes