Someone Like Me Formative 2

What is Julissa's job when she travels to the feria with her parents?

• She organizes the jars.

• She cuts fruit and adds salt to the rims of the jars.

• She washes dishes.

How do Julissa's parents travel around to ferias ?

• in a Ford pickup truck

• by airplane

• in a recreational vehicle (RV, or travel trailer)

When Julissa is around six years old, her parents decide to also start selling _____ in the United States.

Why is Julissa fearful of her parents traveling to the United States?

• Previous nannies have left for the US but never arrived, and maybe even died along the journey.

• Many people who make it safely to the US never return to Mexico.

• She knows that many people stay in the US because it is dangerous to return there after leaving.

Select the main complication that Julissa's parents face when traveling in the US to sell their goods.

• They cannot afford to pay the fees/taxes on goods that they did not sell and want to bring back to Mexico.

• Julissa's grandmother spent hours working with lawyers and customs to help get her parents back home.

• Julissa's parents have spent all of their savings on building a new house and cannot afford the return airfare.

What does Julissa's sister Aris ask for as a gift from the US that is not readily available in their hometown?

• American candy and snacks

• a doll for Julissa

• new, store-bought clothing

• a walkman

Choose the best answer: Julissa's parents were gone to the US for MORE THAN / LESS THAN ten days.

• more than

• less than

Julissa describes the time her parents are away by writing, "It's the first time in my life I remember _____. I would kneel next to my bed before going to sleep, put my hands together, and say, 'Virgen de Guadalupe, please bring my parents back.' "