Esperanza Rising 1
The people who killed Papa
Who are bandits?
The people on the train that Esperanza didn't want to socialize with
What is peasants?
Object Esperanza saved from the fire
What is her doll from papa?
Esperanza could not say good-bye to Marisol because
Too dangerous
Abuelita
What is Grandmother?
Papa's gift for Esperanza's birthday
What is a doll?
The girl they picked up in the truck that offended Esperanza
Who is Marta?
He rescued Abuelita from the house fire
What is Miguel?
Marta's prejudged Esperanza because
she was from a wealthy landowner
Los Melones
What is cantaloupes?
Papa and Esperanza were trying to feel this when laying on the ground outside
What is the land/the heartbeat of the land?
Alfonso's brother
Who is Juan?
Esperanza said that __________ separated her from Miguel in Mexico.
What is a river?
What Esperanza was doing that caused her to pass out when they first arrived in the San Joaquin Valley
What is listening to the heartbeat of the earth?
Las Uvas
What is Grapes?
The name of Ortega's Ranch
What is El Rancho de la Rosas?
Where Miguel thinks their lives will be better
What is California?
The zig zag blanket represented this
mountains and valleys - highs and lows in life
The reason the farm workers wanted to strike
For better conditions - better living conditions, better pay, etc
Los Higos
What is Figs?
The house was left to these people in Papa's will
Tio Luis inherited it because it was not customary to leave property to women.
The woman with the hens on the train mama talked to
Who is Carmen?
The phoenix represented this
What is rebirth or new beginnings?
Three things the strikers did to intimidate the workers
What is shout all day, throw rocks, placing dangerous items in the lugs (snakes, razors, rats)?
mi nieta
What is my granddaughter?