Comprehension Questions for "Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers"

What does the word "migrant" mean?

• a person who moves to a new place because of war
• a person who moves to a new place for a good job
• a person who moves to a new place just for fun
• a person who moves to a different school

What is Dolores Huerta's job at the beginning of the story?

• A detective
• A teacher
• A doctor
• A farmer

Why are the students in Dolores' class not able to listen?

• They are too happy
• They are too hungry
• They are too loud
• They are too busy

What does Dolores do when she finds out why the children are hungry?

• She ignores it
• She goes home
• She asks the moms
• She calls the police

What does Dolores want the bosses to give the workers?

• More grapes
• Rest breaks
• More children
• New houses

What does Dolores ask the workers to do when the bosses don't listen?

• Go back to work
• Strike
• Leave the farm
• Say nothing

What does the word "strike" mean?

• work really hard
• stop working until the boss listens
• work outside
• to win the game

What does the word "roaring" mean in the story? Their voices rise up together, booming over the farm, roaring into the city, rumbling across the country.

• a sound that a lion makes
• shaking the whole earth
• whispering very quietly
• having a loud and strong sound

Who does Dolores work with to help the farm workers?

• Her family
• The bosses
• Cesar Chavez
• Other teachers

What happens after the strikes begin to work?

• The workers stop coming
• The bosses agree to raise their pay
• The grapes rot
• Dolores quits her job