Characters
¿Quién quiere Gloria prestar atención a él?
Miguel
Al principio (at the beginning), porque están gritando (shouting) los padres de Miguel? ¿Qué quería su mamá? ¿Su papá?
Luchaban about (They were fighting about) escapar a Cuba o no. Su mamá quería quedarse en Cuba, pero su papá quería escaparse.
In Spanish what were the four things that Miguel and the other characters used to float.
Neumaticos
What do these words mean: Sube, baja, agarra, intenta, puede, no puede, de repente, no lo puedo creer
up, down, grab, try, can, can't, suddenly, I can't believe it
Who is the character that Miguel blames all his problems for?
Yordani - his dad
Cuando ellos llegaron a la costa de Florida, que son 2 problems tenían (they had)?
La Guardia Costera y el tiburón
In spanish, what thing kept causing the sea to be a problem.
What is the word for raft?
Las olas
la balsa
Rita
Who is a 14 year old girl that Miguel had a crush on?
Gloria
¿Qué animal causó problemas en el libro?
Los Tiburones
What do these phrases mean?
le pregunto
me dice mi papá
le explico
me grita
le pregunto = I ask him
me dice Fabio = Fabio says to me
le explico = I explain to him
me grita mi papá = my dad yells to me
¿Dónde estuvo (was) Fabio después del tiburón chocó (crashed) con la balsa.
Debajo de la balsa atrapado con un neumatico
Who did not leave with the other characters to escape from Cuba?
Alondra - Miguel's mom
What did the large waves knock out of the boat?
agua y comida
In spanish, what did the characters use to get to Florida?
Un Balsa
What were Gloria and Miguel doing when something crashed with the raft and knocked them in the water?
dancing
What character disappears in the ocean?
Fabio's dad
Yes, because of the law.
What object did Fabio and Gloria's dad use to hit the shark?
un remo (oar)
'Gloria me da un abrazo' means...
Gloria gives me a hug.