Esperanza Rising Ch. 5-8

Esperanza and her family have moved to...

• The San Joaquin Valley

• The Appalachians

• The grasslands

• The Inland Empire

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Who stated this quote: "So you're a princess who's come to be a peasant? Where's all your finery?"

• Isabel

• Hortensia

• Marta

• Mama

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Which of these was NOT a job for Esperanza?

• Sweeping the platform

• Working at the fields

• Taking care of the babies

• Washing the diapers

True or False: Esperanza lived in her own cabin

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Who was the person that wanted to know more about Esperanza's "extravagant" life back in Aguascalientes?

• Miguel

• Marta

• The doctor

• Isabel

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What was one of the big changes Mama made to herself?

• She cut her hair

• She learned to read

• She made a new dress

• She was going to strike

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

"Huelga" translates to...

• a lullaby

• onions

• home

• strike

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

Why did some of the farmers want to strike?

• For better clothing to work in the hot sun

• For higher wages and better housing

• For more cotton to pick

• For better brands of grapes

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CCSS.W.5.1B

Why did Miguel not get a job at the railroad?

• He needed 2 years of welding experience

• He was not allowed to ride the railroad

• Mexicans can only lay track and dig ditches

• He was not white

Why did the babies get sick and not be soothed as easily with Esperanza?

• They caught Valley Fever

• They had too much milk

• They drank rice water

• They ate raw plums