Summer of Mariposas Chapter 17

What made them build Tenochtitlan in the place where they buildt it?

• That's where the floating gardens were.

• Someone gave them a great buy.

• The great Aztec queen decided many years ago.

• They saw an eagle eating a snake on top of a cactus.

What did Ixtali remind them to do as she paddled her canoe away?

• to live a long and honorable life

• to make up with their mom and repent

• to beg for forgiveness from their mom

• to pick the flowers

What kind of flowers must Odilia pick for her mother?

• Roses

• Tulips

• Daisies

• Rosas de Mariposas

Who were the first people to make contact with the girls once they arrived in the United States?

• border patrol agents

• F.B.I.

• Their mother

• Their father

Their abuelita decided to go with them and visit their journey together.

• True

• False

What is the first thing they recognize on the canoe ride?

• the border fence between the U.S. and Mexico

• their swimming hole

• mother waiting for them on shore

• the butterflies hovering all around them.

Who were the only two to go cut the flowers because Pita was too tired to walk further?

• Odilia and Juanita

• Odilia and Delia

• Velia and Juanita

• Odilia and Velia

They had to cut the roses with their bare hands because they forgot their tools in their abuelita's car.

• True

• False

Why do the girls think that the border patrol will call Child Protective Service on their mother for sure?

• They have been away for weeks and they look all dirty and grimy from their journey.

• They don't have their papers.

• The border patrol won't accept their bribes because it was too little.

• Their mother is just that, a bad mother.

What was the name of this chapter?

• The Canoe

• Ixtali and the Floating Gardens

• Roses for Mother

• The Great Journey Home