Esperanza Rising Characters

What is the name of the ranch Esperanza lives on?

• Rancho de las Papayas

• Rancho de las Uvas

• Rancho de las Rosas

• Aquascalientes

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

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Who burned down the ranch house?

• Tio Luis

• the bandits

• Alfonso

• Miguel

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CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who is the son of Alfonso and Hortensia?

• Sixto

• Juan

• Miguel

• Marcos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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Where is the family going to go in order to escape Mama from marrying Tio Luis?

• New Mexico

• California

• Texas

• Arizona

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Who is Hortensia?

• She is Mama's housekeeper.

• She is Miguel's mother.

• She is the wife of Alfonso.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

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Who helped the family escape?

• Tio Luis

• Senor Rodriguez

• Miguel

• Tio Marcos

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CCSS.RL.1.1

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Why did Esperanza help Marta when she was in trouble?

• She always helps people in need

• She thought of Marta’s mother and couldn’t leave her alone.

• She and Marta were friends.

• She knew that Marta would have helped her if she had been in trouble

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What was in the secret package that Alfonso and Miguel brought with them from Mexico?

• Papa's rose plants

• A kitten for Esperanza

• Esperanza's favorite dress

• Some grapes from the ranch

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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Why can’t Miguel and Esperanza be more than friends?

• She is already engaged to another boy.

• She is going to be a nun

• He wants to be a train mechanic

• He is the servants’ son

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How does Mama get so sick?

• She gets sick from the dust storm.

• She gets pneumonia from the cold weather.

• She is not used to working so hard in the fields.

• The babies made her ill.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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