Core Text Review - Chapters 1-3 of The House of the Scorpion

Reorder the following events from the novel in chronological order:

• Steven, Emilia, and Maria come to see Matt

• Matt breaks the window

• Steven and Emilia carry Matt to the big house

• Emilia discovers "Property of the Alacran Estate" brand on Matt's foot

• Matt is found to be a clone and thrown out of the big house

Matt's caretaker is named ​ (a)   .

• Celia
• Emilia
• Maria
• Rosa
• Alacran

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Major Characters

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(b) Minor Characters

• Celia

• Steven

• Maria

• Emilia

• Steven, Emilia, and Maria's Father

• Matt

• Rosa

What was the symbol engraved in the center of the archway in the big house AND Rosa's pin on her shirt?

• A scorpion

• A tiger

• A bullfrog

• "Property of the Alacran Estate"

Poppy is a type of ​ (a)   that is ​ (b)   .

• flower
• white
• food
• yellow
• seed
• black
• tree
• green
• spice
• red

"You can’t come, mi vida. You must stay hidden in the nest like a good little mouse." (Farmer 5) is an example of a _______.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

"They reached the edge of the poppy fields as the last streaks of sunlight slid behind the hills. The dirt path gave way to a wide lawn. It was a shimmering green, growing deeper with the blue light of evening." (Farmer 20) - This is an example of ​ (a)   .

• imagery
• metaphor
• allusion
• idiom
• personification
• onomatopoeia

Chapters 1-3 are apart of the ________ part of the plot.

• exposition

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

The House of the Scorpion is apart of the _______ genre.

• Dystopian

• Realistic Fiction

• Mystery

• Informational

The author of the The House of the Scorpion is _______.

• Nancy Farmer

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Eugenia Collier

• Shane Hughes