Esperanza Rising Characters

Character Choice: Who is Esperanza's grandmother?

• Ramona

• Hortensia

• Isabel

• Abuelita

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Character Choice: Who is the leader of the striking workers and looks down on Esperanza as spoiled?

• Carmen

• Ramona

• Marta

• Hortensia

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which characteristic does NOT describe Esperanza at the END of the novel? *

• Happy

• Self-Sufficient

• Mature

• Selfish

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which characteristic does NOT describe Esperanza at the BEGINNING of the novel?

• Princess

• Depedent

• Reliable

• Self-Centered

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which choice is NOT a reason Esperanza is now at peace with her new life? *

• Abuelita is now with her family.

• Mama is getting better.

• Isabel became the Queen of May.

• She forgives Miguel.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Character Choice: Who is Esperanza's good friend who repeatedly tries to help her with her new life? *

• Tio Luis

• Alfonso

• Miguel

• Sixto Ortega

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which choice is NOT an example of Esperanza's character growth?

• from depending on others to now relying on herself

• from self-centered to now selfless

• from unfriendly to now friendly

• from needy to responsible and hard working

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Plot Diagram: Esperanza is 12 years old, her parents are Ramona and Sixto Ortega, her grandmother is Abuelita. Esperanza's father is a wealthy rancher and landowner in Aguascalientes, Mexico in 1930.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Why was Esperanza so upset when she first saw Tio Luis at the reading of the will?

• He was holding the will with a huge grin.

• He was on one knee proposing to Ramona.

• He was holding Papa's checks from the bank.

• He was wearing Papa's belt buckle.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Since the visas were burned during the fire, how are Esperanza and her mama going to be able to immigrate to the United States?

• Abuelita will have the nuns get them duplicates

• They will sneak through the border.

• They will take a boat through the Gulf of Mexico.

• Alfonso will sneak them in a wagon across the border.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1