2024 FORD Esperanza Ch. 13-14 Ques

1. What is Isabel praying for on pages 214-215?

• She wants Esperanza's doll.
• She wants to go to Mexico.
• She wants to be Queen of the May.
• She wants Abuelita to come home.

Why did Miguel lose his job working on the engines at the railroad? page 219

• Because he was not a good worker.
• The Okies showed up and said they would work for half the pay.
• He did not know how to work on engines.
• Someone that knew more than him got the job.

What new job does Miguel have to do?

• Dig ditches and lay tracks
• Work in the sheds
• Work on trains
• Build swimming pools

Why is Esperanza so angry after she learns Miguel loses his job? Page 221-222

• Because he will be broke.
• She wanted to do his job.
• The Okies are not good workers.
• Because he did not stick up for himself and she is tired of all the unfair treatment the Mexicans are getting.

What did Esperanza give to Isabel?

• Her money orders
• Abuelita's blanket
• Her doll that Papa gave her
• A basket of peaches

Why does Alfonso come to the shed to get Hortensia and Esperanza? p.235-236

• The babies were sick.
• Mama got really sick again.
• He got a message from Miguel.
• He told them they needed to work longer that day.

Who stole Esperanza's money orders and why? p.238-239

• Hortensia, to go shopping
• Miguel, so he could pay for better training
• Mama, to pay doctor's bills
• Miguel, to bring Abuelita home

Who gets off the train with Miguel? p.239

• Abuelita
• The Okies
• Tio Marco and Tio Luis
• Mama

Abuelita had a premonition a few months after Esperanza and Mama left Mexico. What was her premonition? p.245

• That something something was wrong with Mama
• That Esperanza was sick
• That Miguel got a job
• That Esperanza was working

What advice (that Abuelita had given Esperanza) did Esperanza give to Isabel at the end of the book? p.245

• They will rise like a phoenix
• Life is mountains and valleys.
• Do not ever be afraid to start over.
• There is no rose without thorns.