Summer of the Mariposas Plot
What interupts 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
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Disappeared
Dis-Prefix
Appear-Root
Ed-Suffix
Define the word cadaver.
The cadaver had startled the girls
Dead body/corpse
Who does Odilia try to save from drowning?
La llorona's children
Identify the figurative language displayed
"Standing beside the hackberry shrubs with hundreds of empty desicated cacoons 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
Pita
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Constricted
Constrict-Root
Ed- Suffix
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
What is the setting of Chapter 9?
Cecilia's/Witches house
Identify the figurative language displayed.
"She usually wails louder than a smoke alarm." (75)
Hyperbole
What is the name of the human form of the chupacabra?
Chencho
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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.
"The waters were dark and angry, almost violent-nothing like our friendly swimming hole" (46)
Personification
Who is Terisita? What is her role in the story?
The psychic
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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.
What was the relationship between the dead man and his family before he died?
He had abandoned his family and told them he wouldn't be returning.
What type of figurative language is displayed?
"Well I think I'm going to need some help. He weighs a ton. Dead weight, you know." (60)
Pun
What is the name of the goddess that appears in the cave to save the girls from the nagual?
Tonantzin
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Claustrophobia
Claustro-Prefix
Phobia-Root
Why couldn't the girls keep driving the car for the duration of their journey?
It broke down