Esperanza Rising Crossword By: Samaiya Conway

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Across
  1. 5. Miguel would look at her and before ridding off with Papa, he would give her a _________ smile.
  2. 7. Alfonso, Hortensia's husband, was el jefe, the boss, of all of the field-workers and Papa's companeros, his close friend and _________.
  3. 8. Or without being surrounded by the people who ______ her.
  4. 10. On top of her head a wide _____ ribbon was tied in a big bow, the tails trailing in her long black hair.
  5. 12. It had taken every day of three weeks to put the harvest to bed and now everyone ________ the celebration.
  6. 13. The ________ still own most of the land while some of the poor have not even a garden plot.
  7. 14. Everyone who lived and worked on El Rancho de las Rosas gathered at the edge of the field: Esperanza's family,the house _____ in their long aprons, the vaqueros already sitting on their horses ready to ride out to the cattle, and fifty or sixty campesinos, straw hats in their hands, holding their own knives ready.
  8. 18. The short blade was curved like a ____.
  9. 19. And Mama would give her something she had made: linens, camisoles or blouses ________ with her beautiful needlework.
  10. 20. There are cattle ______on the big ranches yet some peasants are forced to eat cats.
Down
  1. 1. "No, I won't," Esperanza had said ________.
  2. 2. Papa and the men who lived on the ranch would __________below her window, their rich, sweet voices singing Las Mananitas, the birthday song.
  3. 3. Papa is ________ and has given land to many of his workers.
  4. 4. Darkness would settle quickly and a feeling of ________ and worry nagged at her.
  5. 6. Distracted, Mama paced at the window, each step making a _______ tapping sound on the tile floor.
  6. 9. "Bad luck," said Mama, confirming the ________, but she half-smiled.
  7. 11. And Mama would give her something she had made: linens, _________ or blouses embroidered with her beautiful needlework.
  8. 15. He loved the land as Papa did and it had been the two of them. working side by side, who had resurrected the ________ rose garden the had been in the family for generations.
  9. 16. When their paths crossed, he nodded and said ____, "Mi reina, my queen," but nothing more.
  10. 17. She quickly wrapped her hand in the corner of her apron and dismissed the ________.