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The following is a list of the questions that students should be asked during the readings for week four. 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 Aguacates," Esperanza is saving money for something. What is she saving for?
2) In the last chapter, Esperanza's mother was diagnosed as having Valley Fever. In this chapter, what ailment was Esperanza's mother diagnosed with?
3) At one point in this week's readings, there was a stir in the camp that sent many of the workers running away and hiding. What was the stir and why did people run?
4) What is the Queen of the May?
5) Something happened to alter Miguel's dream job of working on the railroad, what was it?
6) While her mother was in the hospital, Esperanza's friends were trying to keep her occupied. Why would they do that?
7) Miguel explains to Esperanza that they go to the Japanese market because they "stock many of the things that we need and he treats us like people." What did Miguel mean by saying that the Japanese store owner treats them like "people?"
8) When the immigration officers come to the camp, Esperanza helps somebody whom she was previously fighting with. First, identify the person that she helps and second, explain why she would help this person.
9) Passing by one of the encampments, Esperanza notices a piñata that she had purchased for the children, has been beaten down and the insides had been ripped out. This could be considered a metaphor for the way she is feeling. Explain the connection between these two things.
10) At the beginning of the chapter entitled "Las Aguacates," Esperanza looks at her hands and realizes that due to the hard work, they no longer look like her own hands, but instead look like the hands of "a very old man." Describe a time in your life where something about your appearance changed and you realized that you were no longer who you thought you were. (For example, a haircut that made you look like an adult instead of a child.)
11) Esperanza often thinks about her mother and in the beginning of this week's reading assignment, she thinks of the little things about her mother that she misses. Often times when we miss somebody, it is those little things that hurt the most. Describe a situation where you missed somebody and think of at least three "little things" that you missed about them.
12) Miguel claims that "Americans see us as one big, brown group who are good for only manual labor." Describe an instance where you, or a friend or family member, felt like other people deemed them good for "only manual labor."