Espi Rising Plums Chapter

In this chapter Espi is left home alone with the babies, Pepe and Lupe. Why is she left alone to take care of the babies?

• Everybody has gone to the store

• Isabel went to school

• The adults are all at work in the fields

• Isabel got a job making plum baby food

What mistakes does Espi make her first day babysitting the kids?

• burns the beans

• burned the rice

• fed them raw plums

• left the door open and let the cat out

There was a dust storm! What did family members and farm workers do to survive?

• went to a motel

• waited and played games in the cafeteria

• hid behind crates and boxes

• huddled inside

raw plums was a problem for the babies, why?

• the kitten ate them

• the rotted on the table

• their stomachs could not handle it and they got diarrhea!

• the babies played with the plums and rolled away

Everyone in the family survives the dust storm except who?

• Isabel

• Hortensia

• Miguel

• Mama

What is Esperanza's mom's ailment?

• asthma

• Corona Virus

• flu

• Valley Fever

According to the doctor, what may be the long term effect of her illness?

• headaches

• joint aches

• death

• chapped lips and ear aches

The doctor arrives and Hortensia is concerned he is too young. What does Irene say to calm Hortensia's fears?

• He has come to the camp before and the people trust him.

• He is very reasonable. he does not charge very much!

• You are right he is young. He is still an intern at the hospital in Bakersfield.

• I don't like him because he has body odor!

According to Irene, when the dust storm stops, what happens first?

• The dogs all come out from under the houses.

• The lightning starts and thunder cracks !

• The wind stops.

• The dust settles.

What DID happen to the lil kitty, Chiquita?

• Ran away to the fields and never came back!

• Was out hunting gophers and mice.

• Was in the house hiding the whole time

• Came back inside covered in dirt.