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9th
grade
Esperanza Rising Chapter 11- “Los Espárragos (Asparagus)”
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What do the strikers hope to gain by not working?
They want a day off.
They don't want to pick asparagus
They want more money for their work.
They don't want anything.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Use context clues to find the definition of menacing.
"When Esperanza saw their menacing faces, she wanted to run back to safety to camp."(Pg 200)
The presence of safety
The presence of danger
The feeling of confusion
Being delusional
- 3. Multiple Choice
What do the strikers put into the crates in order to slow down the packers?
Shards of glass
A rattlesnake
Razor blades
All of these
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why are the workers afraid of the people coming to the valley from the East?
They're ugly
They don't have good manners
They will work for less money
They don't like asparagus
- 5. Multiple Choice
Use context clues to find the definition of the word desolate.
"It was quiet and desolate, except for the goat still tied to the tree, bleating for freedom" Pg 212
In ruins
Inhabited by people
Deserted by people
- 6. Multiple Choice
When do Esperanza and the other women realize that something is wrong?
When the yelling stops
When they run out of rubber bands
When the boss tells them "something's wrong"
When they're done packing all the asparugus
- 7. Multiple Choice
What happend to the strikers?
They were all clubbed and sent on the bus.
They were all going to be sent back to mexico
They took everyone including US Citizens because they were causing trouble
All of the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does the immigration officer do to the woman that claims she is an American?
Takes her to a special bus
Lets her go
Tears up her citizenship papers
Yells at her
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why do the immigration officers not bother Esperanza?
They don't notice her
They're looking for someone else
She is a worker and not part of the strike
She tells them to leave her alone
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