Esperanza Rising Chapter 12 Asparagus

How long is asparagus season usually?

• Eight weeks

• Ten weeks

• Twelve weeks

• Fifteen weeks

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CCSS.RI.4.3

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

What strategy were the strikers using to try and have the most affect on the growers?

• They were throwing eggs at them so they would have to go clean up and thereby lose time picking the asparagus.

• The were calling them names to make them mad so they would not be able to pick the asparagus.

• The strikers were trying to slow the workers during the critical time the asparagus had to be picked before the high temperatures hit.

• They were toilet papering their homes so they would have to clean it up and then not make it to work on time.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RF.5.4C

The strikers wanted to slow the field workers down. They left surprises for the field workers like...

• gifts that were wrapped nicely.

• extra water, snacks, and treats.

• rats, razor blades, snakes, and shards of glass.

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

How did the growers stop the strikers?

• By telling them that they wouldn't give them anymore cantalopes.

• The growers had immigration come in and arrest all the strikers and deport them back to Mexico.

• By kidnapping their children and holding them for ransom.

• By using one of the flashy thingamajiggers from The movie "Men in Black" to make them forget that they were striking.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Why did the strikers stop chanting?

• Immigration officials came and took them away.

• They were tired of singing.

• They needed a break.

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

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CCSS.RL.6.1

How did Esperanza know that something was wrong?

• She didn't hear the strikers chanting.

• It was raining cats and dogs.

• The sun suddenly disappeared.

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

What does the immigration officer do to the woman that claims she is an American?

• Takes her to a special bus

• Lets her go

• Tears up her citizenship papers

• Yells at her

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RF.4.4C

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What risk did Esperanza take?

• Esperanza helped Miguel hide from immigration and gave her a way to escape.

• Esperanza helped Hortensia hide from immigration and gave her a way to escape.

• Esperanza helped Marta hide from immigration and gave her a way to escape.

• Esperanza helped Isabel hide from immigration and gave her a way to escape.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

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Why did Esperanza beg Miguel to drive by the strikers' farm?

• She wanted to make sure Marta found her way back to her mother.

• She wanted to make sure the immigration officials got all the trouble makers.

• She wanted to make sure her donkey pinata was still there.

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

What do Miguel and Esperanza see when they go to Marta's camp?

• It's empty and deserted

• A party

• A union meeting

• A dead goat

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2