Summer of the Mariposas Plot
What interupts the sisters peaceful summer swim?
a dead body
The primary narrator and eldest sister
Who is Odilia?
Name all five of the Garza sisters
Odilia, Velia, Delia, Juanita, Pita
Why couldn't the girls keep driving the car for the duration of their journey?
It broke down
How did Cecilia try to get the sisters to stay with her forever?
What is give them food with sleeping powers in it.
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.
Mirror Image sisters...
Who is Velia and Delia?
The nagual was introduced to the sister in what form?
Define the word cadaver.
The cadaver surprised the girls.
Dead body / corpse.
Why did Papa leave?
to raise another family, to start another life
How did the sisters defeat the lechuzas?
They prayed and tied evenly spaced knots on a piece of silk.
This sister likes to use her brain, logic, and likes to use maps for guidance!
Who is Juanita?
What is the name of the human form of the chupacabra?
Chencho
What two places is the Rio Grande between?
Mexico and Texas
Who does la chupacabra bite?
Who is Pita
What is the name of the game the girls played in the beginning with their father?
Loteria
This sister is the first to suggest they return the dead body back to Mexico instead of calling police!
Who is Juanita?
Who is Terisita? What is her role in the story?
The prophet/ Seer
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.
What are Papa's stepchildrens' names?
Who are Alison and Ashley
Who do the girls pray to in the church at the end of chapter 16? Who is she really?
The girls saw La Virgen de Guadalupe, and then she was revealed to be Tonantzin.
Most observant and most vulnerable sister
Who is Pita?
What is the name of the goddess that appears in the cave to save the girls from the nagual?
Tonantzin
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
How did the girls get away with not showing the cop their papers?
What is they paid him money.