Jimenez's family are from where and going to and their job is called.
What is Mexico coming to United States (Mexican-American) and family of migrant farm workers?
100
Began his life as a migrant worker
Who is Cesar Chavez?
100
Beginning of the Circuit's story, Jimenez's family work on what farm and setting occurs when.
What is Strawberry farm and late August?
100
The Circuit's exposition; (hint 3 detailed answers)
What is beginning of the story in the strawberry fields in the San Joaquin Valley of California in August. Panchito is 12, his family is poor and he works picking fruit with his father and brother Roberto?
200
Constant, low buzzing or humming noise
What is Drone?
200
Why won't Panchito learn to play the trumpet?
What is difficult to learn if moved to different schools?
200
To protest poor working conditions, thousands of workers walked off the fields, refusing to pick.
What is grapes?
200
Pachito is the narrator of the story-classified as which characters?
What is Main Characters?
200
Name 2 Rising Action in the story of the Circuit. (5 possible answers)
What is 1) Panchito and his family leave the strawberry fields to find new work near Fresno, California. 2) The family moves into a garage behind Mr. Sullivan's house where they can stay and work for a whole season. 3) Panchito, Roberto and Papa work picking grapes in the vineyards. It is exhausting work. 4) When the first week of November comes the grape season ends and Panchito can go to school. 5) Panchito enrolls in the 6th grade and is welcomed by Mr. Lema the 6th grade teacher?
300
Get as one's own; obtain
What is Acquire?
300
Beginning and the end of the story, the cardboard boxes symbolize the theme and narrator's tone.
What is moving again and rough time/patch? (sinking heart and oodles of disappointments, seriously somber straightforward).
300
The best way to make public aware of the condition of migrant workers in California is to be.
What is nonviolence?
300
From the story of the setting, "I was completely soaked in sweat and my mouth felt as I had been chewing on a handkerchief. I walked over to the end of the row, picked up the jug of water we brought, and began drinking."
What is the vineyard where he was working and the temperature is almost one hundred degrees as the sun is beating down?
300
The Circuit's story climax.
What is Mr. Lema, Panchito's teacher, befriends him at school and offers to teach Panchito to play the trumpet?
400
Amount that remains after all needs have been met
What is Surplus?
400
Panchito has been in U.S. several years and his English is still poor, why?
What is sporadic education as he cannot catch on the language because he is not consistently in school?
400
"But despite his shyness, Cesar showed a knack for solving problems. People trusted him. With workers he was endlessly patient and compassionate. With landowners he was stubborn, demanding, and single-minded. He was learning to be a fighter". (Name a character)
What is static or dynamic character?
400
From the Circuit story, "Within an hour it was too dark to continue picking. The vines blanketed the grapes, making it difficult to see the bunches. "Vamonos, said Papa, signaling to us that it was time to quit work".
What is cause and effect?
400
The Circuit's story conflicts.
What is Panchito struggles with his desire to stay in one place long enough to make friends and his family's need to keep moving to find work to survive?
500
*Answer 2: 1-Enjoy and 2-old vehicle in poor condition
What is Savor and Jalopy?
500
Why call "The Circuit"?
What is the reader feeling that Francisco/Panchito will never get ahead. Their lives are continuous and hopeless cycle-like so many other illegal immigrants?
500
The name was given to the workers' movement that fought for the dignity and human rights of farm and migrant workers.
What is National Farm Workers Association?
500
Story from Cesar Chavez, "Cesar was stubborn, but he was not a fighter. His mother cautioned her children against fighting, urging them to use their minds and mouths to work out conflicts."
What is foreshadowing?
500
The circuit's story resolution.
What is Panchito opens the door to his family's shack and sees that everything they own was neatly packed in cardboard boxes. He and his family must move again.