Characters
What is the name of the FBI agent Mama gets with?
Aaron Gonzalez
United States and Mexico
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
simile
"She usually wails louder than a smoke alarm!"
hyperbole
Who is the author of Summer of the Mariposas?
Guadalupe Garcia McCall
What is the name of the boy who turns out to be the chupacabra?
Bonus: what body part is he missing?
Chencho
His left eye
How do the sisters make it across the border on their way home?
Bonus: what is the name of the young woman they encounter during this experience?
They pray to Tonantzin, and are transported to a magical heavenly realm before crossing the Rio Grande
Ixtali
To change or adapt something to make suitable for the present day.
modernize
"She had inched herself into the process, like a caterpillar."
simile
What is the name of the game the sisters used to play with Papa?
Loteria
Bonus answer: el corazon
What is Mama's first name?
Rosalinda
Who summons the evil trinity, and what 3 beings make up the trinity?
Cecilia
The nagual, the lechuzas and the chupacabra
climax
personification
What four countries make up the United Kingdom?
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
What are the names of Papa's new lady friend and her two daughters?
Sarai, Ashley and Allison
How does Abuelita Remedios know Pita has been bitten by the chupacabra?
there were three bite marks
theme
"But when she'd emerged from the safety of her cocoon, Mama was happier than we'd ever seen her."
metaphor
Who was the Aztec princess that was enslaved and became Hernan Cortes's mistress?
Malitzin
What is the dead man's name?
Gabriel Perdido
When Odilia gives La Llorona the flowers, how is she transformed?
What is the difference between CONNOTATION and DENOTATION?
Denotation: the dictionary definition of a word
Connotation: the implied meaning of a word
imagery
What is the name of the town where the dead man was from?
El Sacrificio