Esperanza Rising Chapter 1: 1924

Using Context clues

Choose the picture that represents "arbors."

At the vineyard, the arbors with their leafy grapevines provided a cool, shady escape from the afternoon heat.

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Was Esperanza's relationship with her father positive or negative? Why?

Answer in a complete sentence.

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Esperanza's relationship with her father was _____________ because _________.

Esperanza's father means the world to her.

Choose the best evidence that supports the statement above.

• Our land is alive, Esperanza, "said Papa, taking her small hand as they walked through the gentile slopes of the vineyard.

• Esperanza was six years old and loved to walk with her papa through the winding rows, gazing up at him watching his eyes dance with the love for the land.

• He gently touched touched a wild tendril that reached into the row, as if it had been waiting to shake his hand.

• She smiled at Papa, not needing to talk, her eyes saying everything.