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The following is a list of the questions that students should be asked during the readings for week three. 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) In the chapter entitled "Las Almendras," Alfonso and Miguel had a secret they were keeping from Esperanza. What was that secret?
2) Esperanza prays for many things at the church, but what does she pray for the most?
3) What had Esperanza given the babies that made them sick?
4) The only thing that changed after the dust storm was the health of one of the people in the work-camp. Whose health declined and what made this evident?
5) Esperanza's mother is diagnosed as having Valley Fever. What is Valley Fever?
6) What could the rose that was re-planted by Miguel and Alfonso in "Las Almendras" be symbolic of?
7) When Esperanza sits in the tub and prepares to bathe, she expects to have somebody wash her. She is embarrassed when she realizes that that was a privilege for the upper class and she is no longer upper class. What is it that Esperanza is forced to realize in this moment?
8) When the doctor comes to tend to Esperanza's mother, he is described as being "American, light and blond." Considering that doctors are generally well-educated, why might the author have pointed out his description?
9) While sitting next to her mother, Esperanza began crocheting the blanket that she began with her grandmother so long ago. As was mentioned in the first set of questions, crocheting can be considered a metaphor for life in that it goes up and down just like the events in our lives. As Esperanza begins crocheting, is she in an "up" cycle or a "down" cycle? Explain your answer.
10) In response to Esperanza's fear that the others in the work-camp will ridicule her for her lack of knowledge, Isabel proclaims that "it is best to get it over with and face people. If they tease you, you should just laugh." Have you ever had an experience where you had to face ridicule? Did you "just laugh?" Describe your experience or think of an experience that somebody else has had similar to Esperanza's.
11) At one point, a dust storm takes over the work-camp. It covers everything and that is all that anybody can pay attention to. This dust storm could be a symbol for something that was happening in the camp that was unavoidable. Has there ever been anything in your life that was all-encompassing, that no matter how hard you tried to avoid it, it was all that you could think about? If not, what is something that could happen in your life that would be all-encompassing?
12) At the close of this week's readings, Esperanza proclaims that she "will be la patrona for the family now." Has there ever been an instance where you had to become the "boss" of your family? If not, what would have to occur for you to be the boss of your family?