Comprehension Check Setting Describe Aguascalientes Character How do you know that Papa loved the land?

Character’s Point of View Why did Esperanza want to scold her father on page 11? Cause and Effect Why might bandits attack Papa?

Abuelita teach Esperanza about life? Character On pages 14-15, what two lessons did Abuelita teach Esperanza about life? Character’s Motive On pages 17-18, why did Miguel stop talking to Esperanza?

Foreshadowing On page 20, Tio Luis brought back Papa’s belt buckle. What did this foreshadow? Inferencing On page 22, what probably hap- pened to Papa?

p. 34 Inference Esperanza got many gifts for her birthday, but she only wanted the doll. Why? Setting On pages 32-33, what was the house like every night after Papa died?

Inference On pages 28, when Tio Luis and Tio Marco “took care of family business”, what were they really doing? Conflict What did Tio Luis want? What did Mama want?

Comparisons On page 47, according to Miguel, how was the U.S. different from Mexico? Character’s Point of View On page 36, how Did Esperanza feel about Miguel when he touched her hand?

Inference How do you think the fire started? Author’s Style How did the author use Esperanza’s dream to show there was a fire?

Character’s Motive Why did Mama say she would think about Tio Luis’s proposal? Why did Mama lie to Tio Luis when she said she would marry him?

Character How did Esperanza feel when she first saw the wagon? Flashback On pages 61-62, why did Hortensia tell the story about the bandits?

Comparisons Pages 69-70. Think about Esperanza’s experience on the train. How did her life change? Character’s Feelings Why was Esperanza glad when the little girl got off the train?

Character Mama told a poor woman about her problems. What did this illustrate about Mama? Comparisons How was the journey different for Miguel and Esperanza?

Inference On page 82, why do you think the official seems angry at Esperanza? Character’s Motive On page 85, why is Esperanza so angry at Alfonso and Miguel for getting on the train at last minute?

Sequence On page 91, Esperanza thought about the heartbeat of the earth. What happened after she tried to hear it? Character Describe Miguel’s personality.

Conflict On page 98, according to Marta, why should the workers stop working? Character’s Feelings On page 99, why was Esperanza angry when Miguel talked to Marta?

Setting On page 100, why did the cabins remind Esperanza of the horse stalls on Papa’s ranch? Inference On pages 100-105, why did Esperanza tell Isabel that she would leave the camp soon?

Comparisons How did Mama change her hair? Why? Character’s Motive On page 112, Esperanza was nice to Sylvia? Why?

Conclusions Marta said mean things and laughed at Esperanza when she tried to sweep. What does this show about Marta? Character’s Motive On pages 118-119, why do you think Miguel taught Esperanza how to sweep?

Plot Alfonso and Miguel had a surprise for Esperanza and Mama. What was it?

Cause and Effect Why didn’t Esperanza want to go to the jamaica at first? What made her decide to go? Sequence What did the workers do after Marta tried to get them to strike?

Inference On page 132-133, do you think Esperanza understood Marta better? Why? Cause and Effect On pages 142-143, why did the babies get sick?

Summarize What was the one thing Esperanza did right? How did she know how to do this? Character’s Point of View Did Esperanza agree with the workers in her camp about the strike?

Inference Why did Mama keep coughing? Summarize On page 155-156, how did the doctor describe valley fever?

Conflict On pages 159-160, Esperanza had to face another terrible problem? What was it? Character’s Motive Esperanza began to crochet the blanket. What else had she promised Abuelita she would do?

Cause and Effect Why did Hortensia tell Esperanza not to send a letter to Abuelita? Plot Why did Esperanza start working in the sheds?

Character’s Motive Why did Marta’s aunt say that Marta could not live with her family? Comparisons On page 175-176, what did Isabel have? What did Esperanza want?

Inference Why did Esperanza call herself la patrona, or the head of the family? Cause and Effect On page 183, Esperanza could not visit Mama anymore in the hospital? Why?

Inference When Mama said, “No matter what happens,” what do you think she meant? Summarize On page 187, what did some Ameri- cans think about Mexicans?