Esperanza Rising Los Espárragos Comprehension

What do the strikers do to organize?

• hand out flyers & paint slogans

• go to the courthouse

• tell the police

• fight with weapons

What type of surprises do the strikers slip under the asparagus?

• rats

• snakes

• razor blades

• all of the above

What shows why the workers are afraid of the strikers?

• "The strike continued for days."

• "Esperanza heard a terrible scream from one of the women."

• "When a guard wasn't looking, one of the strikers picked up a rock and threw it at the woman, barely missing her head."

• "The strikers stayed near the road."

When immigration officials are taking people away on buses, the author writes, "Esperanza and the other women watched the despondent faces in the (bus) window disappear." What does the word despondent mean?

• dirty and tired

• feeling hopeless

• feeling sick

• people who go on strike.

Why does Esperanza feel sorry for the strikers who are being arrested by the immigration officials?

• They never arrested the person who threw the rock.

• Some of the people being forced to leave are Isabel's friends

• Even some people who are US citizens are being unfairly kicked out of the country.

• None of them will ever see their families again.