Esperanza Rising: Vocabulary Ch. 3 & 4

Choose the best sentence for the word valise

• A valise is a vine that grows over something.

• The valise was parked in the wrong parking spot.

• I never got the valise in the mailbox.

• The bellhop took the valise to the guests room.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

In this paragraph the word salvage means:

"At dawn, still in her nightgown, Espeanza went out among the rubble. Avoiding the smoldering piles, she picked through the black wood, hoping to find something to salvage".

• to save something from an accident or bad situation in which other things have already been damaged, destroyed or lost

• to make sure that you do not lose something completely, or to make sure that something does not fail completely

• a place where junk is stored

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Choose the best definition for the bolded word: Her grandmother held up the cloth bag with her crocheting and after some minutes of coughing, whispered, “We must have something to do while we wait.”

• snacks

• artwork

• yarn

• scarf

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Choose the best definition for the bolded word: She looked closely, but all that remained were black cinders.

• a small piece of partly burned coal or wood

• flowers

• firewood

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Choose the best definition for the bolded word: You could move to some other part of Mexico, but in poverty.

• wealth

• state of being rich

• state of being poor

• isolation

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Choose the best definition for the bolded word: There was enough moonlight so that they could see the outlines of the twisted and charred trunks, the burnt out vines rolling in parallel lines toward the mountains.

• burned

• tall

• bark

• sticky

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Choose the best definition for the bolded word: Esperanza stood at the station in Zacatecas, tugging at the second-hand dress.

• torn

• ugly

• beautiful

• not new

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Choose the best definition for the bolded word: Their legs were chalky with dust, their clothes were in tatters, and their hair was grimy.

• torn

• tangles

• dusty

• dirty

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Choose the best definition for the bolded word: The song of the locomotive was monotonous as they traveled north, and the hours seemed like Mama’s never-ending ball of thread unwinding in front of them.

• boring and tedious

• fun and exciting

• thrilling

• dangerous

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Choose the best definition for the bolded word: “Do you think it is wise to tell a peasant our personal business?”

• rich person

• poor person

• annoying person

• funny person

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4