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Summer of the Mariposas Chapters 7-8 Lampkin

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Odilia consider to be the Spanish Inquisition?

a)

Questions asked by Ines and Zaragoza

b)

The newscast on TV

c)

The spell Odilia put on the dead man's family

d)

The FBI investigation

2.

What did Odilia lie to Ines about?

a)

Going to see their Abuela

b)

Mama having to work

c)

Being old enough to drive

d)

none of the above

3.

Where were the girls on their way to?

a)

Highway 57

b)

Ejido la Paloma

c)

El Sacrificio

d)

Hacienda Dorada

4.

Why were the girls so disappointed after delivering the corpse?

a)

The food they ate wasn't that good

b)

They were not able to hypnotize Ines

c)

They felt like things didn't turn out the way they planned

d)

All of the above

5.

What was Odilia worried about them going to see their abuelita.

a)

Would Papa be there

b)

Would Abuelita know where he was

c)

Would she recognize them

d)

all of the above

6.

What was Odilia trying to prevent?

a)

Getting into trouble

b)

Her sister's hearts from being broken

c)

Fixing the car

d)

Being sent back to the U.S.

7.

What did Odilia find out when she went to the puestecito for Ines?

a)

The police was there waiting on them

b)

They were on the front page of the newspaper

c)

They needed gas

d)

Old man wasn't there anymore

8.

Why were the girls worried about mama?

a)

She is worried about them

b)

She is a person of interest in their disappearance

c)

Both option 1 and 2

d)

Neither option 1 or 2

9.

Who is Ernesto Garza?

a)

Their grandpa

b)

Their dad

c)

The dead man

d)

The sheriff

10.

What did the girls figure they did wrong that could get them into trouble?

a)

Took the dead man's money

b)

Took a dead body across the boarder

c)

Took Papa's car

d)

All of the above

11.

Delia said papa's car was older than dirt. What does this phrase mean and what figurative language technique was used?

a)

Old but dirt is older - Idiom

b)

Very old - Hyperbole

c)

Dirt grows old like a human - Personification

d)

As old as dirt - Simile

12.

What did Juanita mean when she said that the dead man's money was blood money?

a)

The money came from something bad

b)

The money had blood on it

c)

The money is blood

d)

All of the above

13.

Why did Odilia feel guilty?

a)

She really did not want to see papa

b)

They had to be out in the heat

c)

She wanted to leave them to take the journey on their own

d)

She feels that she could have stopped all of this

14.

Why did the girls have to get out of the car and walk?

a)

They preferred to walk instead of driving

b)

The car had a flat tire

c)

It was a nice day

d)

The car radiator busted

15.

What was Odilia referring to when she said "never talk to strangers"?

a)

The lovely and engaging woman's voice

b)

The warning rattling in her head from mama

c)

Neither options 1 or 2

d)

Both options 1 and 2

16.

How did the girls feel around the sweet voiced lady?

a)

Relieved

b)

Safe

c)

Unafraid

d)

all of the above

17.

What had Cecilia told them she was?

a)

Option 1 - a widow

b)

Option 2 - the wife of a police officer who died in the line of duty

c)

Option 3 - a lonely old woman

d)

Both options 1 and 2

18.

What are petit fours?

a)

flowers

b)

baby cakes

c)

Both options 1 and 2

d)

None of the above

19.

How was Cecilia able to keep them at her house?

a)

She asked them to stay

b)

She fed them sweets

c)

She sang to them

d)

None of the above

20.

Who did they see on TV that made Pita cry?

a)

papa

b)

Ines

c)

mama

d)

Zaragoza

21.

Who did Cecilia say was playing both sides?

a)

papa

b)

Chief Jimenez

c)

the FBI

d)

None of the above

22.

Odilia said her arms were wooden, what figurative language technique was used here?

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

23.

When Odilia discovered that she and her sisters were in trouble, who did she seek help from?

a)

Her sisters

b)

Cecilia

c)

Mama

d)

La Llorona

24.

Why was Odilia thankful when she was at Cecilia's house?

a)

for a comfortable bed

b)

for feeling safe

c)

Both options 1 and 2

d)

Neither options 1 or 2

25.

Who did Odilia say Juanita looked like in the old hat Ines gave her?

a)

Papa

b)

Mama

c)

The Mad Hatter

d)

A clown

26.

What did the girls leave the dead man's family before they left?

a)

Money

b)

The newspapers

c)

A thank you note

d)

All of the above