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Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance.
What is humble?
Hermila ran home to tell Mario about Javier's plan. She found him doing this.
Javier offered to trade Mario this in exchange for groceries.
What is help build another room?
This is a type of story that is fantasy, not realistic, and can include magical events. They are often retold by different authors.
What is a fairy tale?
It was the lure of ______ that led to the conquest of Central and South America by the Europeans.
What is gold?
A gift only the person who is given it can keep.
What is a tatema?
Mario helped this person by rushing forward, grabbing the horse's bridle, and pulling the horse to a halt.
Who is the man with a long white beard?
Mario _______ followed the man to an ancient oak tree. (He was hesitant)
What is reluctantly?
Mario seemed _____, but he really isn't.
What is lazy?
This person is responsible for finding the New World.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Having been thought about carefully.
What is considered?
This is where Mario was told the tatema was located.
What is buried in the leaves of an ancient oak tree?
Javier was guilty of this.
What is greedy?
Something that we know as readers about Javier, that Mario doesn't know.
What is Javier doesn't want to share the treasure?
The ________ brought by the Spanish killed more people in Central and South America that the Spanish themselves did.
What is diseases?
An extremely plentiful or over sufficient quantity or supply.
What is abundance?
Mario and Hermila found this outside their door and window.
What is gold?
This is the way the old man feels about Mario.
What is brave?
This is how "The Golden Land" and A Gift for Mario" are alike.
What is Mario and Columbus happened to find gold?
The year the Spanish defeated the Incas.
What is 1532?
To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy. "All day, Javier ______ about Mario."
What is brooded?
Javier found this instead of gold treasure.
What is mud?
This is how Mario gets what he needs.
What is "if you are meant to have something, it will appear at your door?"
The author's message in "A Gift for Mario."
What is "being greedy or sneaky won't pay off in the end"?
Two reasons the Spanish soldiers came to the New World.
What is to be famous and gold?