Summer of the Mariposas Plot
Figurative Language
Summer of the Mariposas characters
Roots and Affixes
Random
100

What interrupts the sisters' peaceful summer swim?

a dead body

100

"His thick tresses floated loosely around his head like the black tentacles of a sea monster." (6)

Simile

100

Name all five of the Garza sisters

Odilia, Velia, Delia, Juanita, Pita

100

Break up this word correctly. (3 parts)

Disappeared 

Dis-Prefix

Appear-Root

Ed-Suffix

100

Why couldn't the girls keep driving the car for the duration of their journey?

It broke down

200

Who summoned the evil Trinity? What evils make up the trinity?

Cecilia summoned them, the evil trinity is made up of the nagual, the lechuzas, and the chupacabras.

200

Identify the figurative language displayed

"Standing beside the hackberry shrubs with hundreds of empty dessicated cocoons still clinging to their branches and carpet of butterfly corpses under her feet, La Llorona did not look anything like a malevolent specter." (51)

Metaphor

200

The nagual was introduced to the sister in what form?

The Nagual appeared as a donkey
200

Break up this word correctly. (3 parts)

Constricted

Con - Prefix

Strict - Root

Ed - Suffix

200

Define the word cadaver.

The cadaver surprised the girls.

Dead body / corpse.

300

Why is the dead man's family surprised when his body is returned to them?

He had gone north and been missing from their lives for several years

300

Identify the figurative language displayed.

"She usually wails louder than a smoke alarm." (75)

Hyperbole

300
Name one difference between La Llorona in SotM and the traditional folktale version

In SotM, she did not kill her own children

300

Break up this word correctly. (2 Parts) 

Television.

Tele-Prefix

Vision-Root

300

What two places is the Rio Grande between?

Mexico and Texas

400

What is the name of the game the girls played in the beginning with their father?

Loteria

400

Identify the figurative language displayed. There are 2!

"Pita was all bug-eyed and big-eared... nervous as a little mouse" (110) 

metaphor, simile

400

Who is Teresita? What is her role in the story?

The prophet/ Seer

400

Break up this word properly. (3 parts)

Dysfunctional 

Dys-Prefix

Function- Root

Al-suffix 

400

Unscramble this sentence correctly

The sisters younger don't think cares Mama about them and feel she just is as bad as Papa. 

The younger sisters don't think Mama cares about them and feel she is just as bad as Papa.

500

What is the name of the Aztec goddess La Llorona tells Odilia about, the one who will appear in her moments of need?

Tonantzin

500

What type of figurative language is displayed?

"Well I think I'm going to need some help. He weighs a ton." (60)

Hyberbole

500

Where does Mama work?

a restaurant (specifically, Mr. Gee's)

500

Break up this word. (2 parts)

Claustrophobia 

Claustro-Prefix

Phobia-Root

500

Fill in the blanks for the following quote.

"La Llorona said we have to remain _______ and ______. If we do that, everything will be all right." pg 194

noble and kind