Vocab
Authors background
Stories
Topic of the week
1Direction
100
Complete: To____ in the game, you should follow the ____ in an ______ manner.
Linger, Procedure, Astutely
100
In the stories we read, which author is a Chicano?
Tomás Rivera
100
What was the profession of the abuelo before he was a soldier?
Teacher
100
What does bracero means?
Mexican workers who travel to the U.S. to work the land in harvest times.
100
Which song won the British Award?
What makes you beautiful.
200
Mr. Matt is always _____ around the classroom.
Meandering.
200
Which author has the same last name as a girl in the classroom?
Judith Ortiz
200
What 3 things did mom mention to her kids not to say in the story "Niña"?
Talk about your money. Don't say you are a tomboy. Don't bring animals inside the house.
200
In what year was the Cuban Rev.?
1953
200
What's Liam phobia?
Spoons.
300
What did Chonita died of? (Vocab word)
Malnutrition
300
Who is also known as "The renaissance man of the Mexican-American studies" ?
Américo Paredes
300
What 3 theories did the other braceros had about Don Trine's walks?
-He found a treasure. -He had all his savings there. -He had a mexican gang.
300
Why was the Fort Brown built for?
To protect the army from wars, to house troops and defend soldiers during the mexican-american war.
300
Which member is Irish?
Niall Horan.
400
Lush is a synonym of...
Array
400
Who published her first poetry collection called "Mexican Silhouettes" ?
Josephina Niggli
400
Why the boy think of Chonita and Zapata, before going to bed after Chonita's dead? (Hammon & the beans)
Because they both broke the border between mexicans and americans representing freedom.
400
What was the topic of the week, in "An Hour With Abuelo"?
Family tree.
400
Which two live together?
Louis & Harry
500
Tell 3 vocab words and meanings of the story "Niña"..
Impending: About to occur. Solitary: all alone. Wizened: Dried up. Permeated: To spread out. Reassured: To assure again. Array: Bountiful amount. Thrieved: Succesful. Admonition: Warning. Extracted: To draw out. Resign: Not complaning.
500
Where is the author of "Niña" from, and what's her name?
Margarita Engle Cuban-American
500
Name the six stories...
-The Ring of General Macias. -Niña -Hammon & the Beans. -The Harvest. -An Hour With Abuelo. -My English.
500
What's the relationship between braceros & the land?
How they make them feel when the land moves. How they knew how to treat it and work it because they lived there, even though they only worked in certain times.
500
Name the 5 1D integrants with last names.
-Louis Tomblinson. -Niall Horan. -Harry Styles. -Liam Payne. -Zayn Malik.