Esperanza Rising Section 5 Quiz

How long is asparagus season usually?

• Eight weeks
• Ten weeks
• Twelve weeks
• Fifteen weeks

What strategy were the strikers using to try and have the most affect on the growers?

• They were throwing eggs at them so they would have to go clean up and thereby lose time picking the asparagus.
• The were calling them names to make them mad so they would not be able to pick the asparagus.
• The strikers were trying to slow the workers during the critical time the asparagus had to be picked before the high temperatures hit.
• They were toilet papering their homes so they would have to clean it up and then not make it to work on time.

The strikers left 'surprises' for the field workers like....

• rats
• razor blades
• snakes
• gifts that were wrapped nicely.
• extra water and treats.

How did the growers stop the strikers?

• By telling them that they wouldn't give them anymore cantalopes.
• The growers had immigration come in and arrest all the strikers and deport them back to Mexico.
• By kidnapping their children and holding them for ransom.
• By firing them

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

What risk did Esperanza take?

• Esperanza helped Miguel hide from immigration and gave her a way to escape.
• Esperanza helped Hortensia hide from immigration and gave her a way to escape.
• Esperanza helped Marta hide from immigration and gave her a way to escape.
• Esperanza helped Isabel hide from immigration and gave her a way to escape.

Why did Esperanza beg Miguel to drive by the strikers' farm?

• She wanted to make sure Marta found her way back to her mother.
• She wanted to make sure the immigration officials got all the trouble makers.
• She wanted to make sure her donkey pinata was still there.
• She was looking for her mother

What do Miguel and Esperanza see when they go to Marta's camp?

• It's empty and deserted
• A party
• A union meeting
• A dead goat

Why was Isabel not chosen to be the Queen of May?

• She did not have good grades
• She was Mexican
• She was disrespectful to the teacher
• She did not want to be Queen of May

What did Esperanza tell Miguel that made him so upset?

• She did not love him
• She was going back to Mexico
• He was still a peasant
• Her father had died