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Vocabulary
Father
Plot
Setting
Other
100
To fall down
What is plunge
100
Elena's father's name is
What is Pablo
100
What natural disaster occurred?
What is a landslide
100
Where did Elena's father go for business?
What is Guadalajara
200
A narrow passageway surrounded by steep rocky sides.
What is a ravine
200
What happened to Elena's father after he left for business
What is he was riding his horse and he fell down into a ravine because of a landslide. He ended up passing away.
200
This sixteen year old boy was hid by his family to protect him from soldiers taking him.
Who is Esteban
200
What year did this story take place?
What is 1910
200
Why could Elena not understand what happened to her father?
What is she was too young
300
a way of insulting someone
What is mocking
300
What did Elena's father say to her mother right before he died?
What is there would be a war, and that she and the children must leave their home.
300
What was Pancho Villa fighting for?
What is to help free Mexico from the dictator. He wanted to give the stolen land back.
300
Based on the text, what season is it? Use your inferencing skills!
What is spring
300
Who is Diane Stanley
Who is the author of Elena
400
Strength or purpose
What is determination.
400
What did Elena's father do for a living
What is he made sombreros
400
Where did mother bring the horses so they would not get stolen by the soldiers?
What is in the kitchen.
400
What city and state did Elena and her family move to?
What is San Francisco, CA
400
What did mother say was Maria and Elena's real job?
What is to get an education.
500
Expressions of sympathy or comfort.
What is condolences.
500
What was Elena's mom worried about when her father left for business?
What is dangerous soldiers.
500
What kind of place did mother run in California?
What is a boardinghouse
500
What happened to the village Elena's family was from?
What is it was burned down to the ground by the soldiers.
500
Who was the dictator?
Who is Porfirio Diaz