WorksheetsEsperanza Rising: Chapters 8-11 Quiz
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 7mins
What did Miguel and Alfonso make for Esperanza and her Mama?
A new bedroom for the two of them.
A shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe with their Papa’s roses from home.
A shower for them to use.
What was Marta talking about while holding up the kitten?
She was asking who the cat belongs to.
A strike for higher wages and better housing.
Everyone should have fun and not worry about their problems.
What are some things that Esperanza will pray for while she is at church?
Light a candle for Papa’s memory / That Abuelita will get well soon
For presents on Christmas
That she can go back to Mexico
How did Pepe and Lupe get sick?
Esperanza fed them raw plums.
Esperanza fed them raw avocados.
Esperanza never changed their diapers.
What did Esperanza give Pepe and Lupe to feel better?
a bath.
rice water.
a blanket.
Why does Esperanza not want to strike?
She believes their housing and wages are okay.
She scared to get hurt during the protest.
They need money, to bring Abuelita over, and a roof over their head.
Why did the strike not happen?
The strikers were repatriated.
Their bosses decided to give them their demands.
The dust storm ruined the fields. So the farmers can’t work.
How does Mama get Valley Fever?
Disease of the lungs caused by dust spores from the dust storm.
She is allergic to the food she takes from the farm.
Someone coughed on her and gave her the disease.
What activity does Esperanza do while taking care of Mama?
She reads a book
crocheting / knitting a blanket for Mama
She practices her English.
Why is Mama having a hard time getting better?
depressed from losing her husband, home, money, and Abuelita
She is not taking her medicine
She keeps getting up to walk around
How does Esperanza want to help Mama get better?
Get a doctor that can heal her instantly.
Bring Mama back to Mexico.
Bring Abuelita to Mama in California.
What job does Esperanza do to make more money?
Works at the market.
Sell pinatas.
Cutting potato eyes.
What is repatriation?
Mechanics repair machines that are broken.
The immigration authorities - round up people who cause problems and check their papers.
When you travel across the border to another country.
What will strikers do to people who continue to work during the strike?
They will harm those who are still working.
They will yell at them to stop.
They will take the food they are harvesting.
How does Esperanza feel about her old life?
It’s a past life, someone else’s life, a fairytale.
She doesn't miss it at all.
She wants to back by herself.
What did Esperanza do for Christmas?
Went back to Mexico
Had a Christmas party back home
visited her Mama in the hospital
Why does Esperanza wash her hands with avocados?
To cleanse her hands of all the dirt from her work.
She is out of soap.
She thought it was soap.
What sickness does mama get after Valley fever?
chicken pox
pneumonia
asthma
What does Miguel say people forget about Mexicans?
before they were trained in professions in Mexico.
They were in America first.
They working jobs other people don't want.
What does indignation mean?
A nation where you dig inside homes.
digging underground to find food and water.
being angry because of unfair treatment.
What does Esperanza get from the market to give to her Mama?
blanket
doll
piñata
What does Esperanza do with the pinata she got from the market?
gave it to her mom
gives it to a poor family
breaks it herself
