Chapter 9-Esperanza Rising

Esperanza Rising

Chapter 9-"Las Ciruelas"​

By samantha muccino

​Respond to the following questions. USE COMPLETE SENTENCES!

Multiple Choice

Which three phrases best summarize Chapter 9, "Las Ciruelas"?

• plums, visit from Melina and Irene, Help

• crochet, blasting wind, doctor

• burnt beans, amber skies, hospital

• caring for babies, dust storms, Mama sick

Multiple Choice

Based on the events of the story, which of the following seems most likely?

• The strike will take place

• Mama will come home soon

• Esperanza will find work.

• The babies will get Valley Fever.

Multiple Choice

The tone of the story can best be described as.....

• understated- The author downplays Esperanza's problems

• unconcerned- The author tells the story without any emotional feelings.

• go-getter-The author wants to reader to fight for Esperanza

• humorous- The author makes the story funny with jokes.

Multiple Choice

Which character is the doctor most like?

• The honest child who comes to the emperor without a plan in The Empty Pot.

• The Quiltmaker who spends all of her time making quilts only to give them away.

• Edwurd Fudwupper who spends his time cooking up giant lies.

• David who makes up good excuses to get out of trouble.

Open Ended

How would you describe Mama? Give an example from the book that helped you to come up with that response.

USE C.U.P.S.

Multiple Choice

What word best describes the doctor?

• thoughtless

• considerate

• generous

Open Ended

Sequence the following events by numbering them and typing them in the correct order:

-Chiquita comes in the house.

-Isabel goes to school for the first time.

-Mama is diagnosed with Valley Fever.

-Esperanza feeds the babies plums.

-The beans burn.

Multiple Choice

"You...You look like a raccoons," she said.

What type of figurative language is this statement?

• personification: giving a human quality to a nonhuman object

• simile: comparing two things using the words like or as

• metaphor: comparing two things without using the words like or as

Open Ended

Reread the statement, "You...you look like raccoons," she said.

What is this figurative language attempting to get the reader to picture in their minds?

Open Ended

Mama becomes sick.

What is the solution to this problem in the chapter?

Open Ended

The babies' stomachs become upset from eating plums.

What is the solution to this problem in the chapter?

Open Ended

The sky turns an amber color.

What is the solution to the problem in this chapter?