Esperanza Rising Ch. 11 & 12

What does Esperanza buy for Mama at the grocery store?

• a candle

• roses

• pinata

• a blanket

What strategy were the strikers using to try and have the most effect on the growers?

• They were calling them names to make them mad so they would not be able to pick the asparagus.

• The strikers were trying to slow the workers during the critical time the asparagus had to be picked before the high temperatures hit.

• They were throwing eggs at them so they would have to go clean up and thereby lose time picking the asparagus.

• They were toilet papering their homes so they would have to clean it up and then not make it to work on time.

How did the growers stop the strikers?

• By kidnapping their children and holding them for ransom.

• The growers had immigration come in and arrest all the strikers and deport them back to Mexico.

• By telling them that they wouldn't give them anymore cantaloupes.

• By using one of the flashy thingamajiggers from the movie "Men in Black" to make them forget that they were striking.

What risk did Esperanza take in the chapter titled The Asparagus?

• Esperanza helped Hortensia hide from immigration and gave her a way to escape.

• Esperanza helped Marta hide from immigration and gave her a way to escape.

• Esperanza helped Isabel hide from immigration and gave her a way to escape.

• Esperanza helped Miguel hide from immigration and gave her a way to escape.

Why did Esperanza have the hands of a poor campesina?

What did Esperanza do for Mama to help her feel better?

• She polished her fingernails.

• She gave her a bath.

• all of the above

• She combed her hair.

Why did Esperanza buy money orders?

• all of the above

• She wanted to buy Christmas presents.

• She was saving money to bring Abuelita to Mama.

• She didn't have anything else to do with her money.

What does the doctor tell Esperanza that Mama has contracted?

• flu

• measles

• pneumonia

• chicken pox

Miguel gets a job as a ....

• field worker

• doctor

• chef

• mechanic