Summer of the Mariposas--Part 2

What do the girls find out about Papa from their grandmother?

• Papa plans to divorce Mama.

• Papa is dead.

• Papa is a very successful musician and is too busy to come home.

• Papa is a criminal.

What is one of the themes of this section of the book?

• Things are not always what they appear to be.

• Difficult moments require expert help.

• Growing up means that you have to solve problems on your own.

• Be careful what you wish for.

Who is Cecilia?

• A sorceress

• A chupacabras

• An Aztec goddess

• A baker

The sisters insult and mock Cecilia, and as a result:

• Cecilia sets the Evil Trinity upon them to make them suffer.

• Cecilia curses them and causes them to lose their way in the desert.

• Cecilia causes their car to break down.

• Cecilia calls upon the goddess Tonantzin to block La Llorona’s efforts to help the girls.

Odilia discovers a big problem for the sisters in the newspaper. What is the problem?

• They have been declared missing, and the FBI are looking for them.

• Their mother has been arrested because the police think she is hiding the girls.

• Their father has been on the news in Mexico, and is out looking for them.

• The three members of the Evil Trinity are attacking Abuela Remedios.

Who helps the girls escape from Cecilia?

• La Llorona

• The nagual

• Teresita

• Abuela Remedios

What does the nagual want?

• To kill the girls and make them into a potion, which will release him from the curse he is under

• To help the girls on their journey to gain favor from the goddess Tonantzin

• To follow the girls, which will help him find more victims

• To teach the girls his magic

What does Cecilia want?

• She wants to keep the girls in her house forever.

• She wants to drink the blood of the Garza girls.

• She wants to make the sisters into a potion.

• She wants the Garza girls to test her recipes.

The sisters meet a lame little donkey, but he is actually: the nagual a lechuza the chupacabras the goddess Tonantzin

• the nagual

• a lechuza

• the chupacabras

• the goddess Tonantzin

In Part 2, Odilia uses the magic of the ear pendant twice to escape evil. When does she use it?

• To hypnotize Cecilia and to escape the nagual

• To kill the chupacabras and to find Abuela's house

• To escape the FBI and kill the lechuzas

• To find the Perdido family and rescue the donkey