Vocabulary
wood that is gray from floating in water....
What is "driftwood"?
We can conclude that Javi slipped on the rocks because he was distracted by looking at these...
What are small fish and hermit crabs?
It is the setting of Fernando's recollection.
What is a Saturday in May at Guanabo Beach in Cuba?
After the cousins arrived at the beach, they did this before swimming in the ocean.
What is that they jumped out of the car and ran toward the sea peeling off our clothes?
Hidden....
What is "concealed"?
It is the reason that Luisa poured seawater on Javi's foot.
What is to clean Javi's foot because he was stung by the sea urchin?
As they drove closer to the beach, Fernando noticed that the ocean air had left his skin....
What is tasting salty?
In the story, Luisa, Mari and Javi were fascinated by this in the water.
What are schools of tiny gold-and-black striped fish?
Luisa and Mari were silent after Fernando said Javi stepped on a sea urchin on the beach...
What is because they were nervous after Fernando had lied?
Luisa was less daring and did not want to get into trouble, but Fernando was different from her in these two ways...
What is he was adventurous and sometimes disobedient?
This climax of the story occurred when this happened.
What is when Javi slipped and got hurt on the rocks?
We can conclude that Fernando and Luisa are alike because they both did this.
What is accept responsibility for their mistake?(Tell the truth)
When the children got Javi back to the grown-ups, Fernando did this.
What is made up a story about how Javi's foot got hurt?
Fernando went to look for this to try and pry the sea urchin off from Javi's foot.
What is driftwood?
Tool used for grabbing small things..
What are "tweezers"?
The parents were partly responsible for Javi's accident because....
What is they were not watching the children closely at the beach?
This is important to the story's plot because it inspires Fernando to make up the story.
What is food (Mami's tortillas)?
We know that the adults wanted to relax at the beach because they brought these with them.
What are hammocks?