Esperanza Rising Chapters 4-6

The train ride Sixto took Miguel and Esperanza on when they were younger can BEST be described as

• inexpensive

• dirty

• luxurious

• plain

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

Which line from the text best supports the train ride with Sixto was luxurious?

• "Alfonso led them to a car with rows of wooden benches, like church pews facing each other..,"

• "A woman wrapped in a colorful rebozo, a blanket shawl, boarded the train selling mangoes on a stick."

• "Later, they ate in the dining car at little tables covered in white linens and set with silver and crystal."

• "Trash littered the floor and it reeked the floor and it reeked of rotting fruit and urine."

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RF.4.4C

On page 92, it states "She lifted higher and part of her liked the sensation, but another part felt untethered and frightened. She tried to find the place in her heart where her life was anchored, but she couldn't, so she closed her eyes and pressed the palms of her hand against the earth, making sure it was there."

• To show how weak Esperanza is

• To show how lost Esperanza is

• To show how sick Esperanza feels

• To show how annoyed Esperanza feels

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

Select TWO lines from the text that BEST shows Esperanza is not willing to accept her new lifestyle yet?

• "I will even show you the beautiful doll my papa bought me, if you will teach me how to pin diapers, how to wash, and..."

• "...and you can visit us, Isabel. You see, this only temporary. We will not be here for long."

• "Why was she apologizing to these people? She and mama shouldn't even be sitting in this car."

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which best describes the lesson Carmen shows to Esperanza on the train?

• Even though you don't have a lot of money, you can be rich in other ways

• Being rich makes you selfish

• A chicken is an important source of food income

• Poor people will only accept help from other poor people

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CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

"Clicketta, cliketta, clicketta. The song of the locomotive was monotonous as they traveled north...(p.72)" What is the figurative language?

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What disembarked mean in this sentence: " They reached the border at Mexicali in the morning. Finally, the train stopped moving and everyone disembarked."

• to load

• to remove

• to unload

• to get on

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which reason BEST explains why the migrant workers live separate and work separate?

• There is not enough rooms for all of them at one camp

• They do not like each other and refuse to work together

• The landowners do not want the workers to band together and demand better working conditions

• They cannot speak each other's languages, so they cannot communicate with each other

• They all have different jobs, so they must live with those who do the same job as them

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What are the two main jobs Esperanza has at the camp?

• sweeping the platform & crocheting blankets for the children

• doing the laundry & cooking dinner for the family

• working in the fields & teaching Isabel how to read

• taking care of the twins & sweeping the platform

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2