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Esperanza Rising

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  • Who taught Esperanza how to sweep?
    Miguel
  • In "Las Guayabas (Guavas)," how did Esperanza and her mother leave Mexico?
    secretly hidden in the floor of the wagon
  • Why is the harvest Esperanza’s favorite time of year?
    Because harvest time happens around her birthday.
  • In "Los Melones (Melons)" Esperanza tries to hear the Earth's heartbeat again. Why did she want to do this?
    connect her to her papa, to feel something familiar
  • What does Los Higos mean in English?
    Figs
  • Why were the different cultural groups -Japanese, Mexican, Okies- separated in the camp?
    They were treated differently. If they were together, they could band together and form a union to fight for fair pay and treatment.
  • Why would Esperanza's uncles start the fire that destroyed her and Mama's home?
    To get back at Ramona for not marrying Tio Luis
  • Why did Esperanza’s mother get after her when she wouldn’t let the little girl hold her doll?
    Esperanza was acting selfish and like she was better than the other people on the train
  • In "Las Cebollas (the onions)," what jobs were assigned to Esperanza?
    sweeping the platform and watching the children
  • Name one human right that was threatened by the fire that destroyed Esperanza's house. (bonus) What article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) mentions this human right?
    The right to a safe place to live (Article 25)
    The right to your own things (Article 17)
    The right to life (Article 3)
    All of the below.
  • Near the beginning of the chapter "Las Papayas (papayas)", what is Señor Rodriguez delivering to the house? Who had ordered this delivery and why?
    He is delivering papayas that were ordered by Papa for Esperanza's birthday.
  • In "Las Papayas (papayas)," what does Abuelita say is the real reason that Tio Luis wants to marry Mama?
    Mama is popular in the area and Tio Luis thinks that being married to her will help him get elected Governor.
  • In "Las Uvas (grapes)" what did Esperanza do that was back luck?
    She pricked her finger on the thorn of a rose.
  • Who made it possible for Esperanza and her mother to come to the United States?
    Juan and Josephina
  • How did Esperanza respond when she saw the train car they were riding in?
    She didn’t want to ride in it, uncomfortable, hard, for poor people
  • In "Las Guayabas (guava)," why did Hortensia talk about the bandits, Miguel and the mouse, and going on a train ride?
    To keep Esperanza’s mind off the tight quarters in the wagon.
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