All About Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella

What is the setting of Adelita?

• village in Mexico

• wigwam

• log cabin

• forest in America

What changed everything in Adelita's life when she was older?

• she got a new job

• her father suddenly died

• she found a long lost brother

• she made new friends

How would you describe Dona Micaela?

• loving and happy

• shy and timid

• mean and jealous

• hungry and tired

Adelita was disappointed she couldn't go to the fiesta, she sat by the fire and wept. What does wept mean?

• dance

• clean

• cry

• get warm

Why did the room fall silent when Adelita walked into the fiesta?

• because Adelita was so beautiful

• Adelita tripped and fell

• because Adelita was dressed in rags

• Adelita yelled at the sisters

Why did Javier go into town after the fiesta?

• to feed the horses

• to find Adelita

• to give a present to the sisters

• to visit a friend

How did Javier know that Adelita was the mystery woman from the fiesta?

• the glass slipper fit her foot

• the sisters told him

• he saw the rebozo in the window

• Adelita chased after him and told him it was her

What lesson did you learn from Adelita

• always do your chores

• always be proud of who you are

• don't lie

• it is important to be beautiful

How did Adelita treat the sisters at the end of the story?

• she never spoke to them again

• she made them do all the chores

• she called them names

• she was sweet and invited them to the wedding

How did Esperanza keep the love in Adelita's heart?

• she fixed her lunch

• she told her stories of her father and mother

• she made her do all the chores

• she left without saying goodbye