Esperanza Rising Novel 19-20

After the dust storm in the fields, Mama

• came down with Valley Fever.

• took a job in a factory.

• had to wash all of the rugs.

• decided to move back to Mexico.

Because she wanted to be Queen of the May, Isabel

• prayed at the statue every day

• wore a new dress every day.

• paid people to vote for her.

• gave her teacher a present.

Tío Luis asked Mama to marry him after

• Esperanza left for college.

• she refused to sell him the house.

• she kissed him on the cheek.

• he took her out to dinner.

Isabel taught Esperanza how

• to wash out the diapers.

• to throw a baseball.

• to read a story in English.

• to make a loaf of bread.

Because Isabel was upset at not being named the Queen of the May, Esperanza

• gave her some flowers.

• took her out for ice cream

• gave her a doll.

• read a story to her.

When the immigration officials came for the strikers, Marta

• turned herself in to them.

• hid near the back of the dock.

• promised to go back to work.

• pointed a gun at them.

Because she was angry that Miguel agreed to dig ditches for the railroad, Esperanza

• decided to go back to Mexico

• threw dough against the wall.

• slapped him on the face.

• started crying

To make sure her love would be in the blanket, Abuelita

• said a prayer over it.

• hugged it to her chest.

• sewed a piece of her hair in it.

• slept with it every night

To disguise the real reason for visiting Mama, Señor Rodríguez

• brought his daughter with him.

• brought a basket of figs with him.

• pretended to sell her a horse.

• pretended he was a salesman.

To escape safely to Zacatecas, Esperanza, Hortensia, and Mama

• dressed like businessmen.

• hid between the floors of the wagon.

• traveled with a group of priests.

• asked the police to escort them.