Vaughn Esperanza Rising Chapters 1-3 (Uvas-Higos). Answer each question on a
separate sheet of paper.
Uvas:
1. How many years after the first section of the book is this?
a. What age does that make Esperanza?
2. What is the big event that is happening?
3. What happens that’s “bad luck”?
4. Do her mother and Esperanza believe in the bad luck?
5. What does “No hay rosa sin espinas” mean?
a. What does Abuelita mean by saying that (the saying in #5)?
6. Why are they crocheting?
7. What happens to Papa?
Papayas:
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What did Esperanza forget?
What is delivered to her house that morning?
What was her father’s present?
What does Tío Luis ask of Esperanza’s mother?
a. What does Tío Luis really want from Ramona (Esperanza’s mother)?
5. Where does Miguel plan to go?
Higos:
1. Why does Ramona wake Esperanza up early?
2. What did Abuelita save?
3. What does Tío Luis come to ask?
a. How does Ramona respond?
4. What plan do they make?
5. What story does Abuelita remind Esperanza of?
6. What do the “mountains and valleys” represent?
7. What time do they leave?
a. Why do they leave then?
8. What does Ramona tell Esperanza to make her feel better about leaving?