Summer of the Mariposas Chapter 14

Pita was scared to go asleep because of the chupacabras possibly coming, but Odilia reassured her it was okay to sleep because.....

• They were tough enough to beat the lechuzas, they can take down the chupacabras.

• The chupacabras lived miles from here.

• The chupacabras only attack at night and not during the day.

• They still have one more wish to use.

What awakened the girls from their nap?

• Singing and goats bleating.

• They heard the rustle of chupacabras in the bushes

• La Llorana was singing to them.

• It started to rain down on them.

Juanita points out that they will make it to Hacienda Dorada before nightfall. Why is she wrong?

• An inch on the map is a lot of miles

• They will have to go around a big valley to get there.

• They will probably want to stop and fish at the lake.

• She isn't wrong. They will make it their by nightfall.

What is the name of the shepherd they meet on the way?

• Diego

• Juan

• Carmen

• Chencho

Why does the goat wear a bell?

• He makes music while the shepherd sings.

• It is is he doesn't get lost.

• He's the leader and the other goats follow the ringing,

• He's the favorite goats and the shepherd wants to treat him special.

The girls initially welcome the shepherd and take him up on his offer to travel with him.

• True

• False

How did the shepherd boy say he lost his eye?

• He fell down a hill and a big twig went through it.

• The chupacabras attacked him and gouged it with their huge claws.

• Teresita's husband shot him through it.

• He doesn't explain how he lost his eye.

What awakened the girls when they were traveling with the shepherd?

• La Lloranas singing

• a chupacabra was feasting on Pita's leg

• the morning sun

• heavy rain pelting down on them

What made the chupacabra stop chewing on Pita's leg?

• They begged it to stop.

• They stabbed at it with a pitchfork.

• Odilia jammed a stake through its eye.

• Nothing, the chupacabra chewed it off.

Who was the chupacabra?

• Cecelia

• Chencho

• La Llorana

• el nagual