Vocabulario Esperanza El Rancho de las Rosas

Mexico to America

Family and Friends

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Question 1 - 10

• Las Uvas

Answer 1 – 10

• Grapes

Question 1 - 20

• Los higos

Answer 1 – 20

• Figs

Question 1 - 30

• Las Guayabas

Answer 1 – 30

• Guavas

Question 1 - 40

• Algun dia

Answer 1 – 40

• For someday

Question 1 - 50

• Los campesinos

Answer 1 – 50

• Field-workers

Question 2 - 10

• At what age will Esperanza celebrate her quinceaneara?

Answer 2 – 10

• 15

Question 2 - 20

• What happens to Esperanza that foreshadows the death of her father?

Answer 2 – 20

• She cuts her finger on a thorn.

Question 2 - 30

• What activity do Esperanza and Abuelita do while waiting for Papa to return?

Answer 2 – 30

• crotcheting

Question 2 - 40

• What happens on Esperanza’s birthday every year? (give 3 things)

Answer 2 – 40

• Porcelain doll from Papa• Hand-made clothes from Mama• A fiesta• Her father serenading her in the morning

Question 2 - 50

• Why does Esperanza worry that bandits will harm her father?

Answer 2 – 50

• They do not know he is a kind and unselfish man

Question 3 - 10

• What city is El Rancho de las Rosas in?

Answer 3 – 10

• Aguascalientes

Question 3 - 20

• What is Alfonos’s job title on el Rancho de las Rosas?

Answer 3 – 20

• El jefe (the boss)

Question 3 - 30

• What do Esperanza and her Papa hear coming from the earth? What does this signify?

Answer 3 – 30

• The earth’s heartbeat, it signifies their livelihood, and their love for el Rancho de las Rosasl

Question 3 - 40

• What remains from the fire?

Answer 3 – 40

• Metal that could not burn, and Esperanza’s porcelain doll and Abuelita’s crotcheting

Question 3 - 50

• “She could hear it too. The beat rushing in her ears. Shmoop, shmoop, shmoop” contains what literary technique?

Answer 3 – 50

• Onomatopoeia

Question 4 - 10

• What fruit is covering the truck bed that hides the women on the way to the train?

Answer 4 – 10

• Guavas (Las Guyabas)

Question 4 - 20

• What is the name of Alfonso’s brother?

Answer 4 – 20

• Juan

Question 4 - 30

• Why is this train ride different than what Esperanza expected?

Answer 4 – 30

• She was used to riding in fancy cars, with a meal and nice table linens, etc.

Question 4 - 40

• What does Esperanza think of the people on the train?

Answer 4 – 40

• They are peasants, dirty, and beneath her

Question 4 - 50

• What does Mama make for the peasant girl on the train?

Answer 4 – 50

• A yarn doll

Question 5 - 10

• When Esperanza tells them that “between them ran a deep river” she is using:

Answer 5 – 10

• metaphor

Question 5 - 20

• What does Papa wear that celebrates his ranch?

Answer 5 – 20

• A belt buckle

Question 5 - 30

• What do Carmen and Mama trade on the train?

Answer 5 – 30

• They trade two red hens for hand-made crotcheted lace doilies

Question 5 - 40

• What is Tio Luis’s job?

Answer 5 – 40

• President of the local bank

Question 5 - 50

• What does Tio Luis do that scares Esperanza?

Answer 5 – 50

• He pays attention to her, acknowledges her, and touches her shoulder to console her

Final Jeopardy

• Abuelita uses two metaphors to describe Esperanza’s life. Pick ONE and explain.