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The following is a list of the questions that students should be asked during the readings for week one. They can be presented to the students orally, or a Microsoft Word file of the questions can be found here and the PDF file can be found here. These can be printed out and handed to the students. The answers for this week's questions can be found in a Microsoft Word file here and the PDF file can be found here.
1) What are the names of Esperanza's parents?
2) Where is Esperanza's ranch?
3) What is the name of the ranch?
4) What is a "quinceanera"?
5) When Esperanza's grandmother said "No hay rosa sin espinas." (there is no rose without thorns), what did she mean?
6) Esperanza's father had been looking at "boys from good families" to marry her. In at least two sentences, describe how you think Esperanza felt about her father choosing her future husband?
7) In the chapter titled Las Papayas, Papa is killed while mending a fence. Some think that her Tio Luis and Tio Marco were involved with the murder. Keeping in mind the age of Esperanza, what do you think her reaction was to these rumors?
8) In his will, Esperanza's father (Sixto) left the house and the grapes to his wife Ramona, but left all of the land to Tio Luis. Why would Sixto leave all of the land to Tio Luis?
9) The "patrona" is the head of the household. In Esperanza's household, her mother was the "patrona". Who is the "patrona" in your household and how did they achieve that position?
10) If this same situation were to occur in the United States today, what would happen? Would Ramona get the land and the house? Would she have any legal rights? Could she go to anybody for help?
11) Esperanza is compared to a "miniature pink bloom with delicate stems". First, decide whether or not that is a good comparison (metaphor) and second, what kind of flower could you be compared to and why?
12) "We were born servants here and no matter how hard we work we will always be servants." These lines were uttered by Miguel about his family's life in Mexico, can that statement be used for some families in the United States? Justify your answer.