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Esperanza Rising: Las Ciruelas; Las Papas
By Jordan Rychlik
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Answer the following questions using at least
one complete sentence
.
Question 12
12.
Why is Esperanza left alone to care for the two babies?
Question 13
13.
Why do the babies become ill under Esperanza’s care?
Question 14
14.
Why doesn’t the strike take place?
Question 15
15.
Why is the dust storm so destructive?
Question 16
16.
How does Mama become ill? Why is Esperanza fearful after hearing the doctor’s
diagnosis?
Question 17
17.
Why does Esperanza continue working on the crocheted blanket that Abuelita had begun?
Question 18
18.
Why is Mama taken to the hospital?
Question 19
19.
Why does Esperanza decide to work in the sheds?
Question 20
20.
How would you assess Esperanza’s first day caring for Lupe and Pepe? Do you think
the babies should have been left in her care?
Question 21
21.
What is happening to Esperanza’s memories about life in Mexico? Has this ever
happened to you?
Question 22
22.
What does Esperanza mean when she says that Isabel has nothing but she has every-
thing? Do you know anyone who is like Isabel? Do you know anyone who has
everything, but has nothing?
Question 23
23.
Do you think that Esperanza will succeed in being strong for Mama?
Question 24
24.
Simile—
What is being compared in the following simile?
It [the dust] had settled on the world, covering everything like
a suede blanket.
Question 25
25.
Usingt he example from the previous question
Why is this better than saying “Dust was everywhere”?
Question 26
26.
Metaphor—
What is being compared in the following metaphor?
Would she [Esperanza] ever escape this valley she was living
in? This valley of Mama being sick?
Question 27
27.
Using the example from the previous question.
What mood does this create?
Question 1
1.
light and quick
Question 2
2.
drove forward
Question 3
3.
disturb
Question 4
4.
ceremony
Question 5
5.
very unpleasant
Question 6
6.
tending to spread from person to person, as an illness
Question 7
7.
too tired to care about anything
Question 8
8.
deprived of something
Question 9
9.
having the attention fixed upon
Question 10
10.
uniform
Question 11
11.
having a damp, moldy smell
