Characters
Events
Vocab (nouns)
Vocab (verbs)
Vocab (adjectives & nouns)
100

Murdered by bandits at the start of the novel

Who is Esperanza's father?

100

The refugees hop on this in order to escape to America

What is a train?

100

A lack of thankfulness

What is ingratitude?

100

To examine closely

What is scan?

100

Something kept as a souvenir

What is keepsake?

200

The banker descriped as looking like a billy goat

Who is Tio Luis?

200

Esperanza's hobby inherited from her grandmother

What is crocheting?

200

An enthusiastic public applause

What is ovation?

200

To throw doubt on

What is discredit?

200

Unimportant; trivial

What is petty?

300

Miguel's cousin that lives in America

Who is Isabel?

300
An illness that Mama gets after a dust storm

What is valley fever?

300

A being that must eventually die

What is mortal?

300

To feel sorry; apologize

What is repent?

300

A daydream

What is a reverie?

400

A striker that is at odds with Esperanza

Who is Marta?

400
Hortensia bakes this for Esperanza for her birthday

What is almond flan?

400

A sorry state or condition

What is plight?
400
To worship as an idol

What is idolize?

400

Difficult to catch or hold

What is elusive?

500

A worker in the fields who is trying to raise money for her sick mother and her grandmother

Who is Esperanza?

500
Miguel steals this in order to bring back Abuelita
What are money orders?
500

Bitter disagreement; fighting

What is strife?

500
To bring into existence

What is generate?

500

A cancellation

What is revocation?