Dancing Home Chapter 4

Lupe loved to hear family stories and never got tired of listening to her uncle talk about his childhood.

• True

• False

Margie also loved to hear the family stories and never got tired of listening to her father’s stories of his childhood.

• True

• False

The Bracero Program brought Mexican farmers to plant and tend the fields in California, the Southwest and all throughout the country.

• False

• True

Why did the bracero workers sing corridos that talked about their family, their memories and of the places that they were going to?

• It was their only way of sending news to their family members

• They were scared of forgetting their history

• They loved coming up with stories

• They were scared of being swallowed up by the large country, so they sang their stories in hopes that they would reach their loved ones

What words describe the spanish language that Uncle Francisco speaks?

• Strong and unpleasant

• Smooth and dreamy

• Ugly and loud

• Deep and rich

What is it that Margie misses from her father, Francisco? Choose 2 options.

• Margie misses when her father would tell her stories of his time in the bracero program

• She misses their trips to Mexico

• Margie also misses when his stories would mention the things that all three of them would do

• Margie misses the way that her father would speak about his day at work

“Margie's father… told stories about his first jobs outside the fields...Lupe was enthralled, while Margie could hardly follow her fathers enthusiastic Spanish.”

What does the word enthralled mean in this sentence?

• Lupe was very interested in learning everything from her uncle

• Lupe did not care about learning from her uncles past

• Lupe was bored by her uncles stories

• Lupe was captivated by her uncles stories

“Margie's father… told stories about his first jobs outside the fields...Lupe was enthralled, while Margie could hardly follow her father's enthusiastic Spanish.”

What does the word enthusiastic mean in this sentence?

• Margie did not understand why her father sounded so sad

• Margie did not understand why her father sounded so bored

• Margie did not understand why her father sounded so mad

• Margie did not understand why her father sounded so excited

According to Margie, the ideal image of an American girl has?

• Someone with short hair

• Someone with brown and braided hair

• A wonderful head full of straight, black hair

• A wonderful head full of brown curls

Margie's mother, Consuelo, was happy to let Margie get a perm, or curly hair.

• True

• False