Summer of the Mariposas Plot
What interrupts the sisters' peaceful summer swim?
a dead body
"His thick tresses floated loosely around his head like the black tentacles of a sea monster." (6)
Simile
Name all five of the Garza sisters
Odilia, Velia, Delia, Juanita, Pita
Break up this word correctly. (3 parts)
Disappeared
Dis-Prefix
Appear-Root
Ed-Suffix
Why couldn't the girls keep driving the car for the duration of their journey?
It broke down
Who summoned the evil Trinity? What evils make up the trinity?
Cecilia summoned them, the evil trinity is made up of the nagual, the lechuzas, and the chupacabras.
Identify the figurative language displayed
"Standing beside the hackberry shrubs with hundreds of empty dessicated cocoons still clinging to their branches and carpet of butterfly corpses under her feet, La Llorona did not look anything like a malevolent specter." (51)
Metaphor
The nagual was introduced to the sister in what form?
Break up this word correctly. (3 parts)
Constricted
Con - Prefix
Strict - Root
Ed - Suffix
Define the word cadaver.
The cadaver surprised the girls.
Dead body / corpse.
Why is the dead man's family surprised when his body is returned to them?
He had gone north and been missing from their lives for several years
Identify the figurative language displayed.
"She usually wails louder than a smoke alarm." (75)
Hyperbole
In SotM, she did not kill her own children
Break up this word correctly. (2 Parts)
Television.
Tele-Prefix
Vision-Root
What two places is the Rio Grande between?
Mexico and Texas
What is the name of the game the girls played in the beginning with their father?
Loteria
Identify the figurative language displayed. There are 2!
"Pita was all bug-eyed and big-eared... nervous as a little mouse" (110)
metaphor, simile
Who is Teresita? What is her role in the story?
The prophet/ Seer
Break up this word properly. (3 parts)
Dysfunctional
Dys-Prefix
Function- Root
Al-suffix
Unscramble this sentence correctly
The sisters younger don't think cares Mama about them and feel she just is as bad as Papa.
The younger sisters don't think Mama cares about them and feel she is just as bad as Papa.
What is the name of the Aztec goddess La Llorona tells Odilia about, the one who will appear in her moments of need?
Tonantzin
What type of figurative language is displayed?
"Well I think I'm going to need some help. He weighs a ton." (60)
Hyberbole
Where does Mama work?
a restaurant (specifically, Mr. Gee's)
Break up this word. (2 parts)
Claustrophobia
Claustro-Prefix
Phobia-Root
Fill in the blanks for the following quote.
"La Llorona said we have to remain _______ and ______. If we do that, everything will be all right." pg 194
noble and kind