Esperanza Rising - Las Almendras and Las Ciruelas

Who are Pepe and Lupe?

• They are cousins of Esperanza.
• They are the children of Alfonso and Hortensia.
• They are brother and sister to Isabel.
• They are 14 year old twins.

How does Mama get so sick?

• She gets sick from the dust storm.
• She gets pneumonia from the cold weather.
• She is not used to working so hard in the fields.
• The babies made her ill.

How do the babies get so sick?

• They get sick because of the dust storm.
• They catch fevers from the cold weather.
• They catch a rare disease.
• They are fed raw plums.

Which event happens first?

• Mama gets very ill.
• Mama gets taken to the hospital.
• The babies get sick.
• They families go to a jamaica.

How do the babies get better?

• Esperanza gives them rice water.
• Josefina gives them ginger ale.
• Hortensia feeds them oatmeal.
• Isabel does not feed them for a day.

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CCSS.W.5.9A

Why did Marta and other migrant workers not go through with the strike?

• The dust storm ruined the cotton fields.
• The owners of the crops heard that there was going to be a strike so they brought in new workers from Oklahoma.
• Marta grew too ill to organize the strike.
• An ice storm hit the region the night before the strike.

What illness does Esperanza's mother get?

• Spring Fever
• Valley Fever
• Dust Fever
• Yellow Fever

Why did some workers not want to strike even though they were working for little money?

• They were afraid of the bosses and what they would do to their families.
• They were afraid of being deported back to Mexico.
• They did not want to lose all of their belongings.
• They had gotten used to their new found wealth.

What does Esperanza's mother miss about Mexico?

• Their house
• The food
• The fancy parties
• Her dresses

What embarrassing thing does Esperanza do in this section?

• She falls in front of everyone.
• She doesn't know how to cook beans. 
• She is terrible at sweeping.
• She expects Hortensia to bathe her.