Characters
Who is the narrator?
Paco
Who is the youngest child?
Jimmy
What happens when Irene throws the flower bouquet and Toni catches it?
Toni runs off and tells her mother she is going to be a nun and that Irene has to throw the bouquet again.
What does Memo change his name to?
William
Who was bossy and became a nun?
Antonia - Toni
Who did Jimmy grow up to be like?
Chucho
How does Isabel die?
Who raised Carlitos while Jimmy was in jail?
Maria and José.
What was the name of the character who got shot?
Chucho
What child created a new life for himself and went to law school?
Memo
When Chucho and Maria were going back to California, what did they have to cross?
Maria had to cross the river, which was very dangerous, with baby Chucho.
What vegetable did the family grow in the backyard?
Corn
Who marries Isabel so she could stay in the country?
Jimmy
Who got Jimmy to Marry Isabel?
Toni
Why did Jimmy go to jail?
He got mad after Isabel died and then he burglarized a store.
What did Maria work as in the Anglo neighborhood?
A nanny
How long did it take José to get to California?
Who studied a lot of a kid?
Memo
Who Toni comes home, what does she announce?
She says that she is no longer a nun and is she is married.
What did the owl symbolize?
How Chuchos life would be held on by fate from the time he was born to the time he died.