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Good listening
Focused reader
Fruits & Vegetables
Vocabulary and Figurative Language
200

Papa was killed by what group of people?

bandits

200

Who was hurt in the fire?

Abuelita

200

Who is the bank President?

Tio Luis


BONUS= ALL TEAMS GET 2OO POINTS

200

When leaving Mexico, the family hid in the wagons floorboard beneath what?

Guavas

200

What vocabulary word is the antonym to stood still?

paced


BONUS= ALL TEAMS GET 300 POINTS

400

Papa gave Esperanza what for her birthday?

A doll

400

Who is a new character Esperanza is having some conflict with?

Marta

400

What was Carmen (peasant woman) carrying on the train to California?

Chickens

BONUS= DOUBLE POINTS

400

Esperanza's birthday was always after the harvest of the ________.

grapes

BONUS= Double Points

400

"An angry thorn stabbed me."

Personification

600

What is the ranch called?

El Rancho de las Rosas

BONUS=300 pts

600

What is an average chore Esperanza has a lot of difficulty doing?

Sweeping

Changing diapers

600

Esperanza said that a __________ separated her from Miguel in Mexico.

River

600

As the fire destroyed the ranch, the family ran through the ______ orchard.

fig

600

Maybe it was just the full moon or the broken mirror, but I had a _____ that something bad was about to happen.

premonition

BONUS= DOUBLE POINTS

800

What Miguel and Alfonso brought from Mexico as a surprise for Esperanza and her mother.

A rose cliupping

800

What is one thing Esperanza has trouble doing when she first gets to California?

taking care of the babies, washing clothes, sweeping, etc

800

What is one reason the workers felt like they should strike?

higher pay, equal conditions in the camp, fair treatment

800

What vegetable was she cutting when Esperanza first starting working in the sheds?

potatoes

800

Papa NEVER disappointed Esperanza.

Hyperbole

1000

The name of the sickness Momma suffered from?

Valley Fever

1000

Why does Marta dislike Esperanza?

Judge 

1000

Miguel's nickname for Esperanza.

La Reina= the queen

1000

What did Esperanza feed the babies that made them sick?

prunes

1000

The trash had been sitting outside for a long time in the heat, so it was emitting a very _____ odor.  

pungent