Amplify Unit 3, Letters from Heaven

Who is the narrator in the story?

• Mami

• Dona Esperanza

• Grandma

• Celeste

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In Excerpt 1, Why did Celeste always lick the plate clean?

• She loved her Mami's cooking.

• She loved her grandma's cooking.

• The plate tasted better, then the food.

• Celeste loved her own food.

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In Excerpt 1, Who is Lisa?

• A teacher

• A neighbor

• The mailman

• Mami's best friend

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In Excerpt 1, What is the first thing Celeste learned to make from her Grandma?

• Cafe con leche

• Cangrejitos de Guayaba y Queso”

• congrí

• Rice and meat

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What is a theme?

• Celeste perspective

• Personal Narrative.

• A message or lesson from the story that you can apply to your own life.

• When you compare and contrast about something in the story.

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How does Mami respond when she smells, taste, and finds out she is eating cangrejitos?

• Mami is nervous

• Mami is very happy

• Mami starts to cry

• Mami shares the cangrejitos with her friends

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In Excerpt 3, What is the first thing that Celeste make after her grandmother passed away?

• Ropa Vieja

• Cangrejitos

• Congri

• Mariquitas

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Which character doesn't wear makeup, have unkept long hair, wears flowery skirts and old T-shirts?

• Mami

• Celeste

• Karen

• Lisa

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What was Celeste nightmare about?

• A tornado picking her up into the air and dropping her to the ground like like a ripe mango. She screamed and nobody came.

• A clown chasing her.

• Karen and Silvia don't want to be Celeste's' friend anymore.

• Mami passing away.

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What does Amanda tell Celeste, that makes her mad?

• Amanda thinks it's funny that Celeste likes to cook from the recipes her grandmother gave her.

• Amanda makes fun of Celeste for not passing her math test

• Amanda is saying that Celeste is going to get kicked out of the dance recital and making fun of the idea of Celeste getting letters from the dead.

• Amanda tells Celeste that she is not a good friend to Silva and Karen because she has not talked to them since her grandma passed.

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