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1. Why is Esperanza waiting for the harvest to be over?
2. What did Esperanza's uncle want after the will was read?
3. Who is everyone's favorite relative?
4. Why did Uncle Luis propose to Esperanza's mother?
5. What did Miguel warn Esperanza about?
6. Predict five reasons why Esperanza's father could have been late returning to the ranch.
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7. Why did Marta paying attention to Miguel bother Esperanza so much?
8. What act of kindness did Esperanza's mother do for the little girl?
9. What was Miguel's reward for keeping Esperanza safe the day the bandits came to the ranch?
10. What did Mama finally decide to do?
11. What realization did Esperanza come to about her father and Miguel?
12. Explain why Esperanza's vision of their life in the United States was or was not realistic.
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13. Why did Esperanza's mother get sick and no one else?
14. What is Esperanza's job?
15. What did Esperanza give to the babies to make them feel better?
16. Who tried to disrupt the fiesta?
17. What upset Esperanza so much at the end of the first day in the work camp?
18. Discuss the pros and cons to having a work strike.
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19. What happened when Esperanza went to visit her mother in the hospital on Christmas Day?
20. What happened when Miguel and Esperanza went to visit her mother after the grape tying season
was over?
21. Why do they have to drive so far to go to the market?
22. What did Esperanza find when she went to look for rubber bands?
23. Why did they leave two eyes in the potatoes?
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24. Explain what Esperanza meant when she said, "The strikers only listened when you agreed with
them."
Chapters 13-14
25. Why did Esperanza want Miguel to take her to the foothills?
26. Why was Tio Luis following her?
27. What is Esperanza's favorite fruit?
28. What tradition was passed on to Isabel at the end of the story?
29. How did Miguel get Abuelita out of Mexico?
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31. What destroyed the El Rancho de las Rosas?
Bandits
A tornado
A dust storm
A fire
32. What did Abuelita teach Esperanza to do?
Cook
Take care of babies
Knit
Crochet
33. What did Miguel and Alfonso surprise
Esperanza and her mother with when they
arrived in California?
Abuelita
Papa safe and sound
Cuttings from Papa's roses
A beautiful house
34. Why is the book called Esperanza Rising?
When she was really stressed,
Esperanza went flying.
She dreamed she was floating over the
earth a few times.
She rose to the top of the job market.
None of the above
35. How did Esperanza embarrass herself on the
platform?
She dropped the broom.
She told someone else to sweep.
She didn't know how to sweep with a
broom.
She tripped over the broom.
36. Why can't Miguel and Esperanza be more
than friends?
She is already engaged to another boy.
He wants to be a train mechanic.
He is the servants' son.
She is going to be a nun.
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There were bandits in the area.
get used to?
He was sick and shouldn't be out on a
Learning how to sweep with a broom
horse.
Learning a new language
His brothers hated him.
Learning how to care for the babies
He had been gone for a week.
Learning that they weren't rich anymore
39. Why did the ranch get burned down?
Tio Luis wanted Esperanza to marry
him.
The bandits wanted money.
Tio Luis wanted the land.
Tio Luis wanted Esperanza's mother to
marry him.
40. Why did they go to California?
California is where Alfonso and
Hortensia were going.
They had relatives there.
They had nowhere else to go.
Esperanza's mother had a friend there.
41. What happened to Esperanza's mother?
42. How did Esperanza and her mother escape
She had to go into the hospital for many
Tio Luis?
months.
They went back to Spain.
She joined the striking workers.
They didn't escape him.
She married Alfonso.
They went to live at the convent with
She went back to Mexico and married
Abuelita.
Tio Luis.
They ran away in the middle of the
night.
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Fill all the words into this puzzle.
REPATRIATION
GROVE
VINEYARD
PREOCCUPY
NOVENA
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IRRIGATION
VALISE
SPIGOT
SLOGAN
MIGRANT
UNRELENTING
PUNGENT
STRIKE
ADOBE
PEWS
BRAND
SUPERVISOR
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Hint: Cross off each letter from this list after using it.
o h s r v r r r s o a l a l i r n y c n e r e e n p i t o s
1. 2. depres____ion
4. 3. suffo____ate
5. squa____or
7. 6. be____eft
8. scyt____e
10. rep____triation
sl____gan
b____oth
c____ochet
b____and
irrig____tion
cutti____g
s____rike
arbo____s
superv____sor
g____ieve
gro____e
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accustom____d
27. migra____t
29. vali____e
sp____re
24. 26. 28. p____ws
21. 23. 25. conv____nt
18. 20. 22. a____ms
15. 17. 19. di____embark
12. 14. 16. vi____eyard
9. 11. 13. s____igot
pr____phecy
30. papa____a
t____ll
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2. suitcase
3. letters, communication
5. to move to another country
6. a system set up to water a field
7. lacking energy
8. wooden structures for the grapes to grow on
so they are off the ground
9. roof support beams
10. to refuse to work
Across
1. feel sad
4. unending
11. to send someone back to the country of
their origin
12. place where grapes are grown
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Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.
1. vineyard
2. shrine
wooden
structures
for
the
grapes
to
grow
smother
on so they are off the ground
a type of needlework with a metal hook
place where grapes are grown
and yarn
used
to
something,
familiar
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3. squalor
manager
carefully, precisely
dirtiness
4. bereft
empty
letters, communication
traveling farm worker
5. prophecy
prediction
prayer said by Catholics
brief, momentarily
6. depression
to think about something
hopelessness
strong smell
7. monotonous
a clear soup
to send someone back to the country of
their origin
boring
8. migrant
saying, catchphrase
orchard, field with a set of fruit trees on it
traveling farm worker
9. suffocate
smother
tropical fruit
benches
10. slogan
saying, catchphrase
used to something, familiar
empty
11. repatriation
to send someone back to the country of
their origin
hopelessness
prediction
12. grove
orchard, field with a set of fruit trees on
it
place of worship
to get off a train
13. pews
carefully, precisely
a clear soup
benches
14. novena
strong smell
smother
prayer said by Catholics
15. supervisor
dirtiness
manager
brief, momentarily
16. accustomed
place where grapes are grown
tropical fruit
used to something, familiar
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Down
1. RSEPO - bacteria that floats in the air
2. RABSRCKA - quarters to live in, usually in
the armed forces
4. MEDASRIKB - to get off a train
5. SSSLLITE - lacking energy
6. TENSRW - thrown about, messy
7. ISLEAV - suitcase
10. NSEHIR - place of worship
Across
1. ISPTOG - faucet
3. CHILOYLTEAMD - carefully, precisely
8. ITERKS - to refuse to work
9. RTEFRA - roof support beams
11. SURSEVPIRO - manager
12. SPREOISEND - hopelessness
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Chapters 1-3
1. Why is Esperanza waiting for the harvest to be over?
After the harvest, it will be her birthday, and there will be a fiesta.
2. What did Esperanza's uncle want after the will was read?
He wanted Esperanza's mother to marry him after a year.
3. Who is everyone's favorite relative?
Abuelita, Esperanza's grandmother, her mother's mother
4. Why did Uncle Luis propose to Esperanza's mother?
He wanted her power and respect so that he could run for governor.
5. What did Miguel warn Esperanza about?
He warned her that his family was going to leave and go to the United States where they
could make something of themselves.
6. Predict five reasons why Esperanza's father could have been late returning to the ranch.
Chapters 4-6
7. Why did Marta paying attention to Miguel bother Esperanza so much?
She was jealous.
8. What act of kindness did Esperanza's mother do for the little girl?
She made her a yarn doll.
9. What was Miguel's reward for keeping Esperanza safe the day the bandits came to the ranch?
He wanted a train ride.
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10. What did Mama finally decide to do?
She decided to go to the United States with Alfonso, Hortensia, and Miguel.
11. What realization did Esperanza come to about her father and Miguel?
Miguel was like a son to her father, and he probably missed her father as much as she did.
12. Explain why Esperanza's vision of their life in the United States was or was not realistic.
Chapters 7-9
13. Why did Esperanza's mother get sick and no one else?
The dust spore infects everyone new to the area, but some people only get a mild infection
and can fight it off. Some people get very ill.
14. What is Esperanza's job?
She is to stay behind in the camp and help Isabel care for the babies, and then she is to sweep
the wooden platform every afternoon.
15. What did Esperanza give to the babies to make them feel better?
rice water
16. Who tried to disrupt the fiesta?
Marta and her friends when they talked about having a work strike in two weeks
17. What upset Esperanza so much at the end of the first day in the work camp?
She felt useless; she didn't know how to bathe herself or sweep the floor.
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18. Discuss the pros and cons to having a work strike.
Chapters 10-12
19. What happened when Esperanza went to visit her mother in the hospital on Christmas Day?
Her mother didn't wake up the whole time she was there.
20. What happened when Miguel and Esperanza went to visit her mother after the grape tying season
was over?
The doctor told them that her mother had pneumonia, and he didn't want her to have
visitors until she was well.
21. Why do they have to drive so far to go to the market?
The markets that are closer to them don't treat them well because the owners are
prejudiced.
22. What did Esperanza find when she went to look for rubber bands?
She found Marta hiding in among the crates to escape the police.
23. Why did they leave two eyes in the potatoes?
The potato needed two eyes to be able to be planted in the ground and grow roots.
24. Explain what Esperanza meant when she said, "The strikers only listened when you agreed with
them."
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25. Why did Esperanza want Miguel to take her to the foothills?
She wanted to listen to the "earth's heart beating."
26. Why was Tio Luis following her?
He wanted her to lead him to Esperanza's mother.
27. What is Esperanza's favorite fruit?
elephant-heart plums
28. What tradition was passed on to Isabel at the end of the story?
Abuelita was teaching her to crochet the mountain and valley quilt.
29. How did Miguel get Abuelita out of Mexico?
Mr. Rodriquez helped him to get her to the train at night to escape Tio Luis who was
following her everywhere she went.
30. Predict what happened to Esperanza's money orders.
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31. What destroyed the El Rancho de las Rosas?
Bandits
A tornado
A dust storm
A fire
32. What did Abuelita teach Esperanza to do?
Cook
Take care of babies
Knit
Crochet
33. What did Miguel and Alfonso surprise
Esperanza and her mother with when they
arrived in California?
Abuelita
Papa safe and sound
Cuttings from Papa's roses
A beautiful house
34. Why is the book called Esperanza Rising?
When she was really stressed,
Esperanza went flying.
She dreamed she was floating over the
earth a few times.
She rose to the top of the job market.
None of the above
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35. How did Esperanza embarrass herself on the
platform?
She dropped the broom.
She told someone else to sweep.
She didn't know how to sweep with a
broom.
She tripped over the broom.
36. Why can't Miguel and Esperanza be more
than friends?
She is already engaged to another boy.
He wants to be a train mechanic.
He is the servants' son.
She is going to be a nun.
37. Why was Esperanza worried about her father? 38. What was the hardest thing for Esperanza to
There were bandits in the area.
get used to?
He was sick and shouldn't be out on a
Learning how to sweep with a broom
horse.
Learning a new language
His brothers hated him.
Learning how to care for the babies
He had been gone for a week.
Learning that they weren't rich anymore
39. Why did the ranch get burned down?
Tio Luis wanted Esperanza to marry
him.
The bandits wanted money.
Tio Luis wanted the land.
Tio Luis wanted Esperanza's mother to
marry him.
40. Why did they go to California?
California is where Alfonso and
Hortensia were going.
They had relatives there.
They had nowhere else to go.
Esperanza's mother had a friend there.
41. What happened to Esperanza's mother?
42. How did Esperanza and her mother escape
She had to go into the hospital for many
Tio Luis?
months.
They went back to Spain.
She joined the striking workers.
They didn't escape him.
She married Alfonso.
They went to live at the convent with
She went back to Mexico and married
Abuelita.
Tio Luis.
They ran away in the middle of the
night.
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1. 2. depression
4. 3. suffocate
5. squalor
7. 6. bereft
8. scythe
10. repatriation
slogan
broth
crochet
brand
irrigation
cutting
strike
arbors
supervisor
grieve
grove
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accustomed
27. migrant
29. valise
spore
24. 26. 28. pews
21. 23. 25. convent
18. 20. 22. alms
15. 17. 19. disembark
12. 14. 16. vineyard
9. 11. 13. spigot
prophecy
30. papaya
till
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1. vineyard
wooden structures for the grapes to
grow on so they are off the ground
place where grapes are grown
used to something, familiar
3. squalor
manager
carefully, precisely
dirtiness
5. prophecy
prediction
prayer said by Catholics
brief, momentarily
7. monotonous
a clear soup
to send someone back to the country of
their origin
boring
9. suffocate
smother
tropical fruit
benches
11. repatriation
to send someone back to the country
of their origin
hopelessness
prediction
13. pews
carefully, precisely
a clear soup
benches
15. supervisor
dirtiness
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2. shrine
smother
a type of needlework with a metal hook
and yarn
place of worship
4. bereft
empty
letters, communication
traveling farm worker
6. depression
to think about something
hopelessness
strong smell
8. migrant
saying, catchphrase
orchard, field with a set of fruit trees on
it
traveling farm worker
10. slogan
saying, catchphrase
used to something, familiar
empty
12. grove
orchard, field with a set of fruit trees
on it
place of worship
to get off a train
14. novena
strong smell
smother
prayer said by Catholics
16. accustomed
place where grapes are grown
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brief, momentarily
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tropical fruit
used to something, familiar
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