Summer of the Mariposas Assessment

Passage: Chapter 22 of Summer of the Mariposas In this sentence from paragraph 33, which BEST explains what is meant by people “filling in the holes”? “My sisters and I couldn’t go anywhere without someone giving us the latest gossip, filling in the holes where someone else had left off.” (33)

• Contradicting what the last person said

• Preventing the sisters from knowing the details

• Making up parts of the story that are not true

• Making sure the sisters hear every detail

When Pita is wounded, the girls work together to get her to_______

• La Llorona's

• Mama's

• Abuelita's

• Chencho's

Who drives the girls to the border?

• La Llorona

• Mama

• Abuelita

• Nagual

Who takes the girls through the ancient Aztec past and then home to the shores of the Rio Grande?

• Tonantzin

• Chencho

• border patrol

• Ixtali

What insect has invaded their town

• crickets

• grasshoppers

• mariposas

• beetles

Where do the Garza sisters find the body?

• El Sacrificio

• Rio Grande

• A canyon

The mariposas treated everything like nothing was safe, nothing was sacred. What does this mean?

• They caused damage everywhere they went.

• They didn't care where they landed. They were everywhere?

• They have poison on the bottom fo their legs so when they land they could harm anything.

• none of the above

In 'Summer of the Mariposas', what is the primary reason the Garza sisters embark on their journey?

• To find their father

• To return a dead man to his family

• To escape their home

• To seek treasure

Which literary device is predominantly used in the phrase 'the mariposas danced in the sunlight'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What role does La Llorona play in the story 'Summer of the Mariposas'?

• A villain who haunts the sisters

• A guide who helps the sisters

• A friend from their hometown

• A mythical creature they fear