Esperanza Rising Chapter 5 Los Melones (pp. 81-99)

Question 1

Who is waiting at the train station for Alfonso, Hortensia, Miguel, Mama, and Esperanza? (p. 85B)

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 2

Marta says they will strike if the Okies get hot water. What is a strike? (p. 98B)

Accepted Answer

Stop working as a sign of protest.

Question 3

When Isabel asks Esperanza if she: was wealthy; always got her way; & had all the dolls in the world, Esperanza wonders

Accepted Answer

If Miguel told her in Mexico they stood on different sides of the river.

Question 4

Marta's father fought in the Mexican Revolution against the rich landowners; Esperanza says Papa was ___. (p. 97M)

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 5

Why are Alfonso and Miguel the last people to get on the train? (p. 84B)

Accepted Answer

They had to find water for the secret package.

Question 6

Miguel comforts Esperanza by ______. (p. 93M)

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 7

Marta says the owners don't want people from different camps banding together because they might ______. (p. 98)

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 8

While laying on the ground trying to listen to the earth' s heartbeat, Esperanza _____. (p. 92)

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 9

Why are some people sent back on a train headed to Mexico? (p. 83B)

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 10

Isabel says that the _______ live in their own camp. (pp. 97-98)

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 11

Who is Marta? (p. 97M)

Accepted Answer

A girl around Miguel's age who lives at a farm where they grow cotton.

Question 12

Why is Isabel so excited about this new camp? (p. 89B)

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 13

Who does Esperanza think the eight-year-old Isabel looks like? (p. 86M)

Accepted Answer

The doll Papa had given her.

Question 14

Isabel says that at the old camp they lived in a tent with a dirt floor and no running water; the new camp is better __:

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 15

What had Papa taught Esperanza when she was little? (p. 91T)

Accepted Answer

He had taught her how to listen to the heartbeat of the earth.

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