Esperanza Rising Reading Renaissance

Why did the grape harvest make Esperanza happy?

• It gave her an excuse to ride a horse

• her family would get to go on vacation

• It meant her birthday was coming

• Mama would buy her new dresses with the grape money

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What happened when Mama refused Tio Luis's proprosal?

• No one would buy the grape harvest

• Abuelita's money was stolen

• Someone let all of the animals out of the barn

• The house and the grapevines were burned

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Mama was embarrassed on the train when Esperanza...

• thought a peasant wanted to steal her valise

• refused to share her water with Hortensia and Alfonso

• scorned the little girl who wanted to touch her doll

• spoke loudly of the riches they had left behind

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Why was Marta rude to Esperanza when they met?

• She loved Miguel and thought Esperanza loved him too

• Her mother lost a job when Esperanza's mom hired Hortensia

• Her father fought in the revolution against land owners like Papa

• She was jealous of Esperanza's dresses

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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CCSS.RL.1.1

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What surprise did Miguel and Alfonso have for Mama and Esperanza?

• They made a belt buckle like Papa's

• They saved their money to buy a grapevine

• They brought roses from the ranch to plant in California

• They created a small bathroom in the cabin

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What happened the first time Esperanza took care of the babies alone?

• The babies became sick from raw plums Esperanza had fed them.

• Esperanza lost all of the diapers while washing them in the stream.

• The babies walked out of the cabin when Esperanza fell asleep.

• Esperanza forgot to give them bottles before nap time.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Mama became ill with Valley Fever after...

• she bathed in a river on a cold day

• she ate some peaches in a field

• dust spores got in her lungs after a storm

• a cold rain fell for 6 days

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

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Esperanza wanted to find work so she could

• buy better food for Mama

• return to Mexico to retrieve her things

• send Mama to a special doctor

• bring Abuelita to Mama

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

How did Esperanza help Marta during an immigration sweep?

• She gave Marta an apron and asparagus to make her look like a worker.

• She hid Marta in the back of Alfonso's truck

• She let Marta carry her immigration papers when Marta's camp was checked.

• She hid Marta in her cabin while the others were working in the fields.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Why was Esperanza angry with Miguel before he returned with Abuelita?

• He had taken her money orders

• He had neglected the roses and they were almost dead.

• He said he might go back and work for Esperanza's uncles.

• He told Esperanza she was not at all like her Papa.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

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