Hair
How does Geraldo die?
He is hit by a car after leaving the dance hall?
Why is Rafaela locked inside her apartment?
Her husband locks her in because he fears she will run away - she is too beautiful.
What are the girls doing while they have their conversation about hips?
Jumping rope and chanting.
What topic kicks off the argument among the girls in one of the vignettes?
Names for clouds.
What does Esperanza feel she shares with the four trees outside her window?
They both do not belong in the city but keep growing despite harsh surroundings.
What does Esperanza want that motivates her to get a note from her mother?
To eat in the school canteen like the other kids.
What happens to Aunt Lupe shortly after the imitation game?
She dies.
What surprising thing does Darius say when he looks up at the puffy cloud?
That is God.
Who do the girls cruelly imitate in their game?
Aunt Lupe, who is sick and bedridden.
How does the high heel episode end?
The girls take them off and never wear them again. Eventually they get thrown away by Rachel and Lucy's mother.
How does Esperanza describe Sally?
As beautiful but trapped, with a father who controls her out of fear and tradition.
What does Mamacita do all day in her apartment?
She watches Spanish TV, eats, and cries because she is homesick.
What is Esperanza embarrassed about at her cousin's baptism party?
She has to wear her old schools shoes with her new outfit.
What fact does Esperanza share to start the naming discussion?
Eskimos have thirty different names for snow.
Why can no one identify Geraldo or reach his family?
He was undocumented with no last name known to anyone; his family is in Mexico.
In "Darius and the Clouds," What does Esperanza complain her neighborhood lacks?
Enough sky, flowers and butterflies.
How does the nun react when Esperanza finally gets to eat in the canteen?
She points to the building where Esperanza lives and makes her feel ashamed of it.
In "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark," why does Esperanza's father wake her up early and cry?
He tells her that her grandfather - his father - has died.
What does Esperanza do for her father in "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark?"
She holds him like a child and lets him cry.
What does Elenita see in Esperanza's future?