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Esperanza Rising
chap. ten

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What challenges to human rights do characters face in Chapter 11? How do they respond? 


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Questions

1. How is Mama feeling physically? Be sure to give detailed evidence from the text.

2. Reread the last paragraph on page 161. What inferences can you make about how Mama is feeling emotionally? The author uses the word listless to describe Mama. What does that word mean in the sentence? Use context clues to help.

3. On page 163, what did the doctor mean when he said that Mama was depressed? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

4. The chapter starts: “Esperanza almost never left Mama’s side,” and it ends with Esperanza saying: “Don’t worry. I will take care of everything. I will be la patrona for the family now.” How has Esperanza changed in this chapter, and what does it mean to be la patrona? Cite specific evidence from the text to support your answer.

5. What did the author mean when she wrote on page 176, “Isabel had nothing, but she also had
everything. Esperanza wanted what she had”? How is this different from the way Esperanza acted when they first moved to California? Be sure to provide details from the text in your answer.

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