Chapter 11
What disease did Mama catch that made it so Esperanza could no longer see her?
Pneumonia
How many people were left in the striker's camp at the end of the chapter.
Zero.
What does Isabel hope she earns at school but ends up not getting?
Being the Queen of the May
Why did Esperanza give the children at the Strikers' camp the piñata when she had bought it for Mama's hospital room?
She saw the bad conditions of the camp and felt bad for the children.
How did Esperanza help Marta?
Esperanza gave Marta a worker's apron and asparagus so that immigration would not know she was a striker.
Where did Miguel tell Alfonso he was going?
To northern California to look for railroad jobs.
What did the mountains and valleys in Esperanza's blanket represent?
The good and bad parts of her past year.
What does Esperanza do for Mama to help make her feel better before she leaves the hospital?
She braids her hair.
What were three surprises Strikers left for Esperanza and the workers?
Why did they leave these suprises?
Rats in the crates
Snakes in the crates
Razor blades and glass in the field bins
To slow down the workers so that the big farms could not harvest all of the Asparagus in time.
What is the big surprise at the end of this chapter?
All of Esperanza's money is gone.
How did Esperanza feel when she heard people speak english?
Explain why she felt this way.
Esperanza disliked it when people spoke English because she hated not knowing what people said.
Why did Hortensia insist that Esperanza go to the market with Miguel instead of Hortensia and Josefina?
Ever since Esperanza could not visit Mama in the hospital she was not acting like herself. "She went through the motions of living" (185).
Hortensia was trying to have her do a fun thing on a beautiful day.
Why did the strikers choose to strike during the Asparagus growing season?
Asparagus needed to be picked before the high temperatures of June came and destroyed the tender crop.
What additional two people does Esperanza start praying for at Papa's roses (in addition to Mama and Abuelita)?
Marta and her mother Ada
What did Abuelita see while she was still in Mexico that gave her hope that everything would be okay?
She found an injured bird that she thought would never fly again, but the next day it flew away.
How long did Esperanza have to keep the avocado mixture on to soak up all the oils?
20 Minutes
Why did Esperanza feel off about the United States being called a "free country?"
Immigration officials were deporting striking workers including American citizens just because the farm owners did not want to deal with the strikers.
How was Miguel's experience and Isabel's experience similar in this chapter?
Each lost out on something not because of their skill but because their ethnicity was Mexican.
Miguel lost his job to less skilled Okie workers and Isabel lost the Queen of the May title to a white skinned, blond hair, blue eyes girl who had worse grades than her.
What does Abuelita carry in her pockets?
Smooth stones