Esperanza Rising Las Papayas Review

a great physical or emotional pain

• anguish

• pretentious

• devious

• condolences

Esperanza's father dies because...

• he acquires a deadly illness

• he is bitten by a snake

• he and his men are attacked and killed by bandits

• he has a heart attack while working in the fields

sympathy with another in sorrow

• anguish

• devious

• pungent

• condolences

According to Miguel, why will Miguel and his family move to the United States to find work?

• Tío Luis pays them to leave Mexico.

• They don't like Esperanza's mother.

• They know that they will be treated as servants under Tío Luis.

• They like the United States more than Mexico.

working in a very careful and organized way

• pungent

• pretentious

• methodically

• anguish

What did Tío Luis offer to Mama?

• He offered her marriage.

• He offered her a new house and on new land.

• He offered her a trip to the United States.

• He offered to give her the land that Papa left to him.

trying to appear better or more important than is the case

• pretentious

• pungent

• methodically

• condolences

Abuelita handed Esperanza each gift and Esperanza ______opened them and laid them back on the table.

having an intense flavor or odor

• condolences

• pungent

• methodically

• anguish

He is a _____, dangerous man.