Esperanza Rising: Los Melones

How did Esperanza describe the immigration official at the border in Mexicali?

• slow and talkative

• friendly and curious

• angry and rude

• loud and fearful

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

Why were some people forced to get on a train and return to Mexico?

• They had criminal records.

• They didn't have proper paperwork.

• They didn't pay the officials enough money.

• They had some kind of illness.

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Who is Isabel?

• Esperanza's friend from school

• Miguel's cousin

• Marta's sister

• Mama's aunt

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Isabel says their new camp is better than the old one because....

• They don't have to live in a tent.

• They have a kitchen.

• They have running water and electricity.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When Esperanza traveled from Mexico to the U.S., what direction did she travel?

• north

• south

• east

• west

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Esperanza try to reach out to her father?

• She tells Josefina about his rose garden.

• She draws a picture of him.

• She plants a tree in his honor.

• She tries to hear the earth's heartbeat.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

What does it mean when people are born "with a silver spoon in their mouths?"

• They can't afford gold.

• They are always hungry.

• They were born rich.

• They are very independent.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"being born with a silver spoon in your mouth" is an example of...

• an idiom

• a simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Why do they get out of the truck to harvest melons for themselves?

• All the migrants steal produce.

• No can see the fields in the dark.

• Marta threatens them if they don't stop.

• The field was already harvested.

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What does Esperanza learn about the different migrant camps?

• They don't allow "Okies" to work at the camps.

• Men and women are forced to live in different areas.

• People from different countries live separately.

• People with babies have the best housing.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1