Summer of the Mariposas
Name the two countries where the story takes place.
Mexico and the United States
Dressed the dead body in preparation for the trip.
Who is Juanita?
Punctuate this sentence.
When we got back to the river's edge, the girls exhausted themselves prepping the body for the trip
What is a period behind trip
When we got back to the river's edge, the girls exhausted themselves prepping the body for the trip.
A snout-nosed mariposa looks like
What is black and grey on the outside and/or orange when they open their wings.
hermanita
What is little sister?
Name the narrator of the story.
Who is Odilia?
Jumped into the water to help save the two little boys who fell into the water.
Who is Odilia?
Punctuate the following:
"You mean, like we could get caught and end up in juvie" Pita asked.
What is a question mark between juvie and the quotation marks
"You mean, like we could get caught and end up in juvie?", Pita asked.
The magic of hypnotism to the main character was given by what.
What are the Aztec earrings?
Mis hijas
What are my daughters?
The lady who chases her kids who was part of the civilization destroyed by Cortes.
Who is La Llorona?
The sister who first noticed the ear pendant given to Odilia from La Llorona.
Who is Juanita?
Fix the following dialogue.
Anita said, I am tired of eating at McDonald's. I want to eat at In and Out today.
What is
Anita said, "I am tired of eating at McDonald's. I want to eat at In and Out today."
The town where the sisters arrived to take the dead man to his home.
Where is El Sacrificio?
lindas mariposas
What are beautiful butterflies?
The animals that flew in from the sky and attacked the girls in the barn.
for a daily double
Name what a group of 13 are called.
Who are lechuzas?
What is a Parliament?
This sister had change and was trying to leave the car to call Mama at the convenience store.
Who is Pita?
Punctuate these sentences.
"You might want to go in there and pray," I continued, "We have a long, challenging road ahead of us We'll be lucky to get past the checkpoint outside the city limits This guy was the least of our problems"
What is a period behind us, behind limits, and behind problems
Clang, clang, clang, went the trolley.
Ding, ding, ding, went the bell.
This figurative language is called.
What is onomatopoeia?
Cinco hermanitas
What are five little sisters?
A witch who brought to the girls a plague of immortal children from the reaches of Hell.
Who is Cecilia?
The sister who told the dead man's family that they found him floating in the river.
Who is Delia?
Punctuate this sentence.
"It's a simile. I didn't say you were a goat I said you smell like a goat. Didn't you learn anything in English class?" Delia pulled the towel off her head and started finger-combing her hair absently.
What is a comma between goat and I
"It's a simile. I didn't say you were a goat, I said you smell like a goat. Didn't you learn anything in English class?" Delia pulled the towel off her head and started finger-combing her hair absently.
The police station was robbed.
The fire station burned down.
These both are examples of what figurative speech.
What is irony?
chupacabras
What are creatures that suck the blood of livestock?