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A noun meaning extra materials or supplies; leftovers
What is surplus?
100
This character nicely gives up his lunch time to help Panchito with his school work
Who is Mr. Lema?
100
Describes how Panchito is feeling by not being able to look at Roberto before he leaves for work with Papa
What is guilty/saddened?
100
Panchito and Roberto had to do this in order to not get in trouble for not going to school
What is hide?
100
This word describes the best time in development to eat a fruit
What is peak?
200
This is an area where grape vines have been planted
What is a vineyard?
200
This character is not able to attend school with Panchito, and instead he continues to work with their father
Who is Roberto?
200
A way to describe Panchito's parents because of the way they care for their old possessions
What is appreciative/thankful?
200
This place was described as "worn out by the years" and "populated by earthworms"
What is the garage?
200
Meaning a humming sound made by bees and other flying insects
What is a drone?
300
In Spanish, this is called a "carcanchita" or a shabby old car
What is a jalopy?
300
This character is very fond of his old jalopy that he carefully checked before buying
Who is Papa?
300
The sense used to infer about the drone of insects
What is hearing?
300
The term given to people that harvest crops for a living, like Panchito's family
What are migrant workers?
300
This describes how carefully an action was done, such as cleaning
What is thoroughly?
400
Acting in an uncertain way; pausing
What is hesitantly?
400
This character prepares Panchito's favorite dinner in the dented "olla"
Who is Mama?
400
The way Panchito was probably feeling when his eyes began to water and he could not begin reading
What is nervous?
400
This is the town in California where the family began working for Mr. Sullivan
What is Fresno?
400
When someone is excited, this word describes how they may act
What is enthusiastically?
500
A word meaning a natural or automatic way of behaving
What is an instinct?
500
After an exciting day at school, this character finds out that he is moving when he arrives home and sees their belongings packed away in boxes
Who is Panchito?
500
This is how the reader knows that Panchito and his family are moving again
What are packed boxes?
500
The point of view in which this story was told
What is first person?
500
This word means a state of being scared by someone or something
What is startled?