Setting
The story of Summer of the Mariposas takes place in these two countries.
What are the United States and Mexico?
This is the full, three-name name of the author of Summer of the Mariposas.
After the girls are cursed by Cecelia, they come across this animal, who turns out to be el nagual.
What is a donkey?
At the end of chapter four, the five sisters, upon arriving in Mexico, cross themselves in front of the same church at which they would, near the end of the book, summon this goddess through prayer.
Who is Tonantzin?
This is the Spanish word for "witch owls."
What is lechuzas?
The Garza girls live in this town.
What is Eagle Pass?
The Garza girls were enjoying one of their many summer swims when they found the dead body of this person.
Who is Gabriel Perdido?
When Chenco turned into a chupacabras, he bit this part of Pita's body.
What is her leg?
What are American snout-nosed butterflies?
(Also acceptable: "American snout")
What is chupacabras?
The Garza girls' curandera grandmother, Abuelita Remedios, lives in this town.
What is Hacienda Dorada?
The Garza girls' mother gets together with this FBI man near the end of the book.
Who is Special Agent Aaron Gonzalez?
What is first-person POV?
When the Garza girls first meet Chenco, a boy who appears nice at first, they notice that he is missing this very specific body part. (A correct answer will have two words, not counting the question frame.)
What is his left eye?
The Garza family, in happier times, loves to play this game, which is sort of like Bingo, but with cards.
What is Loteria?
Before her transformation, Mama works in this business. (the name of the business, not her job or the type of business)
What is Mr. Gee's diner?
Though the Garza girls are without their mother for most of the book, readers learn that this is her symbolically rich name near the end.
What is Rosalinda?
When the Aztec goddess Tonantzin appears to the girls in answer to their prayers to return home safely, she advises the girls to give the mother these.
What are roses?
When La Llorona is released from her fate, she and her children become their own constellation, which appears in the sky just below this real-life constellation.
What is ursa major?
La Llorona, the mythical being known for drowning her own children, is known to cry these words when seen at the riverbank.
What is, "Ay! Mis hijos!"?
The girls find themselves parked in front of this church when they reach Monclova with their grandmother, into which they head to pray for assistance in crossing the border.
What is the Santuario de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe? (p. 265)
When the girls cross the border on their way home, they first have a magical experience with this young woman, who takes them across an apparition of Lake Texcoco.
Who is Ixtali?
The novel Summer of the Mariposas has this number of chapters. (No, not counting the prologue nor author's note.)
What is twenty-two?
When Abuelita Remedios and her helpers first inspect the injured Pita, they immediately know she's been bitten by a chupacabras, because she had this number of puncture wounds.
What are three?
The Garza girls often call themselves this, a name which includes the number of them.
What is the cinco hermanitas!