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ER Final Review
| symbol` | When an object, person, or idea in a text has an additional meaning beyond its literal one. |
| migrant workers | Farmers who move from place to place to harvest (pick) different crops (plants grown for food) in different seasons |
| labor unrest | Farm workers form unions and strike in response to poor treatment and abuse by farm workers. |
| conditions | The environment in which workers work: can be safe/unsafe; clean/dirty; long hours/short hours, etc. |
| union | An organized group of workers who take action together |
| picket | The act of standing outside a business and protesting usually while carrying signs and sometimes preventing people from entering |
| Dust Bowl | Too much farming on the Great Plains causes huge dust storms that destroy farms. Ten of thousands of farmers have to leave their land. |
| strike | When workers refuse to work and try to stop all the workers from working in order to protest for better pay, conditions, or rights |
| campesinos | poor farm workers |
| wages | the money that workers earn each hour that they work |
| Okies | people moving from Oklahoma and other states (migrants), who begin arriving in California with as many as 7,000 arriving each month. |
| During the harvest, a dust storm sweeps over the fields and the camps, influencing the events in the novel. Describe two important events that happened as a result of the dust storm. (Lesson 18) | .Mama gets sick/ gets Valley Fever_ B. The strike is canceled / the cotton fields are covered in dust |
| Why might Muñoz Ryan have included the motif of the dirt throughout the novel? What might the dirt symbolize? (Lesson 18) | Dirt represents the power of the landowners, showing that they control the land and the workers. |
| What has happened to the money Esperanza was saving in her valise? Explain in 3 complete sentences. (Lesson 26) | MIguel took her money and used it to bring Abuelita to California to be with Esperanza and Mama. |
| “How can they send all of them back?” asked Hortensia. “Repatriation,” said Marta’s aunt. “La Migra— the immigration authorities – round up people who cause problems and check their papers. | Esperanza starts to realize that strikes attract the attention of immigration authorities who can send people who they believe to be causing trouble back to Mexico even if they are citizens. |
| For a moment, she saw un fantasma, a ghost of Abuelita walking toward her, with one arm reaching out to her and the other pressing on a wooden cane. (p. 239) (Lesson 26) | Esperanza’s momentary disbelief that Abuelita stands before her. |
| Mr. Yakota stocks Mexican food and treats Mexicans kindly. Since Mr. Yakota is Japanese and faces discrimination/prejudice. | |
| Mr. Yakota might have more compassion/understanding for Mexican immigrants than a white store owner might. | |
| What is the main/central idea of the passage “The Mysterious Fungus Infecting the American Southwest”? | Valley Fever, a dangerous disease, affects many people in the American Southwest, particularly farmworkers. |
| How is the passage “The Mysterious Fungus Infecting the American Southwest” structured? | It describes a problem and explains its effects on the region |
| What is the author’s purpose for writing this passage? | To inform readers about the dangers and impact of Valley Fever |
| What does the word "rampant" most likely mean in the sentence: "In California, it’s rampant across the Central Valley"? | Uncontrollable |
Created by:
Ms. Rotondi