Esperanza Rising Ch. 11 &12 Book Review

Why did Esperanza “shifted from foot to foot and clapped her gloved hands 

together.”

• she was learning a new dance

• she wasn’t sure what she was supposed to do

• she was trying to keep warm

“She huddled in the field near a smudge pot to keep warm.” 

The word   huddled means

• crowded close together

• break apart

• twisted

Esperanza’s hands are

• cut, scarred, swollen, and stiff

• like her mother’s hands

• soft from soaking in water

The thing Esperanza missed most about her mother was

• watching her hands crocheting

• Mama’s laughter

• hearing her sing

Who went with Esperanza to visit Ramona in the hospital?

• Abuelita

• Isabel

• Miguel

 “Mama nodded, her eyelids slowly falling back down, as if it had been a burden  

      to keep them up.” 

The word burden in this sentence means

• difficulty, trouble

• a pleasure

• an annoyance

Before Esperanza said good bye to her mother in the hospital she

• told the doctor she would return in the morning

• brushed her mother’s hair into a braided halo

• asked the nurses for some food so she could feed her mother

Hortensia and Josefina asked Esperanza to go to market because

• they needed eggs

• they were too lazy to go themselves

• they wanted her to go out and enjoy the spring day

“She pointed to the miniature piñata.”  The word miniature means

• enormous

• medium

• small

Esperanza bought the piñata for

• Isabel

• Silvia

• Mama