ER - Las Papas to Los Espárragos

Where do avocados appear in Chapter 9 "Los Aguacates"?

• Esperanza uses an avocado lotion to soothe her dry hands

• Marta throws avocados at farmers who refuse to strike

• Esperanza and Miguel buy a bag of avocados at the market

• Esperanza finds work cutting out avocado pits

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What reason does Miguel give for going to Mr. Yakota's market instead of markets closer to their camp?

• The people at the other camps view all Mexicans as uneducated, dirty, poor, and unskilled--and thus treat them unfairly

• The prices are much better at Mr. Yakota's market

• Mr. Yakota is a friend of the family and they want to give him their business

• Ever since the dust storm, the other markets have always been overcrowded and understocked

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What does Esperanza do that makes Marta ask her: "Are you sure you aren't already on our side?"?

• She gives the piñata she bought for Mama to hungry children at the strikers' camp

• She agrees to go on strike with Marta

• She shows Marta her dry and cracked hands from the potato starch

• She gives some of the food from the market to Marta and her mother

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According to Miguel, what could be a positive outcome of the strikes?

• Because so many people are going on strike, he could take on their jobs at the railroad

• Their wages could increase and Esperanza could finally get enough money to bring Abuelita to California

• The government will have to supply all the strikers with food

• Esperanza wouldn't have to work and could spend her time with Mama

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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What is one justification Esperanza has for not joining the strikers?

• She needs her job so that she can get money to Abuelita

• Marta is a bully and she doesn't want to be around her

• The strikers are very disorganized and dangerous

• Hortensia and Alfonso told her not to

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