Esperanza Rising Crossword
Across
- 5. when someone feels terrible after feeling improvement while suffering from a disease
- 9. papa had thousands of these throughout his land
- 11. without meaning or empty
- 13. a set of prayers in a catholic church which is counted by tying beads onto strings
- 15. the place that Esperanza grew up in
- 18. it is a type of sausage people eat in mexico
- 19. something you do when all the fruits have become ripe
- 20. marta started 2 of them and failed twice
- 22. it is a farm where workers live and work here
- 23. it is the place that has all the fruits that the workers harvest
- 24. it is a disease that affects one or both of the lungs
Down
- 1. it is what Isabella named her cat
- 2. it is what Esperanza and her family live in
- 3. it is a decorated papier mache that is filled with candy and is broken at parties
- 4. Miguel and Alfonso brought these with them on the way to america
- 6. it is what papa was in mexico, he was a generous one at that
- 7. a rectangular shaped clothing worn over the shoulders
- 8. it is the material the doll papa made for Esperanza is made of
- 10. usual ride a horse and herds and tends cows
- 12. the job tio Luis has in mexico
- 14. it is a celebration for when a child becomes a certain age
- 16. it is something Esperanza, Abuelita, and mama do with needles
- 17. it is a locomotive that travels long distances on railroads
- 21. a consistent prayer repeated for 9 days to even weeks