Esperanza Rising - Las Ciruelas

What stopped the strike?

• Marta got sick.

• The police came and stopped it.

• The dust storm destroyed the cotton crop leaving no jobs to strike from.

• The growers fired everyone and hired new workers.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

What is wrong with mama?

• Mama has Valley Fever.

• Mama has Mexican Fever.

• Mama has California Fever.

• Mama has Lonely Fever.

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

What frightening thing did Esperanza hear?

• Esperanza heard the doctor say, "She's a fighter," when he was talking about mama.

• Esperanza heard the doctor say, "Not much time left," when he was talking about mama.

• Esperanza heard the doctor say, "Your family will miss you," when he was talking about mama.

• Esperanza heard the doctor say, "If she survives," when he was talking about mama.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Why did Esperanza have to take care of the twins and do all the housework by herself?

• She volunteered to do all the work.

• Isabel started school and wasn't there to help her.

• It was her punishment for not knowing how to change diapers.

• She switched places with Hortensia and now she was the servant.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

Esperanza had a hard time at home alone with the babies because...

• she fed them something that bothered their stomachs.

• she burned the beans that she was cooking for dinner.

• she had lots of dirty diapers to wash and the babies wouldn't go back to sleep.

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

Why can we infer that the babies adore Esperanza?

• They always reach for Esperanza when they see her.

• They cry when someone else takes care of them.

• The smile when Esperanza walks into the room.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

Why did Esperanza, Irene, and Melina have to grab the babies and run inside?

• There was a thunder storm.

• There was a dust storm.

• There was a rain storm.

• There was a rainbow in the sky.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

What was wrong with Mama after the dust storm?

• She couldn't stop coughing.

• She was tired from running to hide from the storm..

• She was hungry from working so hard in the fields.

• All the dust made her thirsty.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

What happened to Mama?

• She was weak and lost weight because she wasn't eating.

• She was burning hot when Esperanza touched her.

• She had "Valley Fever".

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Why did the blood drain from Esperanza's face?

• She was worried they wouldn't have enough to eat.

• She was cold and couldn't keep warm.

• She couldn't believe what she saw.

• She was worried that Mama would die.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3