Las Cebollas Review

"Las Cebollas" Review

Let's review the last chapter in Esperanza Rising

Multiple Choice

When they get to the work camp, how does Esperanza compare the cabins to the servants' cabins back home?

• These are much nicer than where her servants used to stay

• These seem less nice than where her servants used to stay

• They seem about the same

• They have absolutely nothing in common

Open Ended

On pp. 100-101, Esperanza sees Marta and some other girls talking in English, then look at her and laugh. How do you think Esperanza might feel?

Multiple Select

Which is true about the cabin where Hortensia and Alfonso are staying? More than one answer may be correct.

• Mama and Esperanza are going to have to stay there also

• They have to pretend they are Alfonso's cousins so they will be allowed to stay there

• Miguel has to stay far away from them

• The camp will only give a cabin to a family with a male head of household

Open Ended

Mama says that in America, they have two choices: "To be together and be miserable, or to be together and happy...So which will you choose?" (p. 104) Esperanza "Knew what mama wanted to hear. 'Happy,' she said quietly." Why do you think Esperanza says this?

Open Ended

When Mama says, "Please be grateful for the favors bestowed upon us." (p. 104) What do you think the word "bestowed" means?

Poll

Esperanza says, "I am still rich, Isabel. We will only be here until Abuelita is well enough to travel. Then she will come with her money and we will buy a big house. A house that Papa would have been proud for us to live in." (p. 105) Why do you think she says this? You may check more than one reason.

• She misses Papa and remembers how much he wanted to provide for her

• She still kind of thinks she's "too good" for this place

• She's holding on to a hopeful dream

• She's having trouble accepting how difficult her life has suddenly become

Multiple Choice

In this sentence: "You will have a camp job, too, sweeping the wooden platform every afternoon, for which they will deduct a little from our rent each month," what does the word 'deduct' mean?

• Charge for

• Take away

• Add on

• ignore

Multiple Choice

When Mama is making lunch, how does she look different to Esperanza?

• She's wearing fancy clothes

• She's wearing her hair down

• She's wearing her hair in a beautiful, plaited bun

• She's wearing it down her back in a long braid

Open Ended

When Esperanza meets the little girl Silvia (pg. 111), Silvia takes Esperanza's hand with dirt all over her hands. Why doesn't Esperanza pull her hand away and wash it?

Multiple Choice

What does Marta rudely call Esperanza in this chapter?

• Blanca (white girl)

• Mi reina (My Queen)

• La Cenicienta (Cinderella)

• La Blancanieves (Snow White)

Multiple Choice

Why is Miguel frustrated in the end of this chapter?

• He wants to work as a train mechanic, but they will only hire Mexicans to lay track and dig ditches

• He gets upset with Marta for being so unfair to Esperanza

• He gets upset with Esperanza for being stuck up and rude

• He wants to own a farm, not work on one

Open Ended

Why do you think it's hard for Esperanza to ask Isabel to show her how to work with her hands?