Esperanza Rising - Los Duraznos

Esperanza Rising -

Los Duraznos

By Darlene Archuleta

Multiple Choice

Isabel announces she is running for Queen of

• May

• the Farm

• Spring

• Summer

Multiple Choice

Why does Isabel think she won't win the competition at her school?

• she didn't register on time

• her grades are poor

• her ethnicity

• she is mean

Multiple Choice

Why did Miguel lose his job?

• he was too young

• someone would do the job for less money

• he got caught stealing

• he didn't do a good job

Multiple Choice

Esperanza feels guilty when she finds out that __________ is gone.

• Mama

• Miguel

• Hortensia

• Isabel

Multiple Choice

What good news does Esperanza receive in this Chapter?

• Esperanza is getting paid more money.

• Miguel got a better job.

• Mama is feeling better and can return home next week.

• Abuelita is on the train to California

Multiple Choice

What does Esperanza see that's missing that belongs to her?

• her money orders

• her doll

• her clothes

• her purse

Multiple Choice

What figurative language is being used in the text "A temper Esperanza did not recognize raged to the surface. Then, like the irrigation pipes in the fields when the water is first turned on, her anger burst forth" Pg. 220

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Multiple Choice

What figurative language is being used in the text "Wait a little while and the fruit will fall into your hands." Pg. 223

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Multiple Choice

What figurative language is being used?

"As she thought about Papa, tears sprang from her eyes and she suddenly felt weary, as if she had been clinging to a rope but didn't have the strength to hold on any longer."

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

Open Ended

Foreshadowing: Who do you think took the money orders? Why?