Across
- 2. Esperanza and her Mama were very _______ after Esperanza’s Papa died by ranchers/settlers.
- 6. the name __________ means “hope” in spanish, and she shows lots of hope throughout the book.
- 8. when Esperanza was in her younger ages she had to face a terrified _____ of her Papa getting killed by rangers/settlers and after that happened her Papa’s ranch caught fire.
- 9. when they had to move to the homeless type shelter they were disappointed but Esperanza told her Mama that everything would be okay and that they should be _____ at all times.
- 12. the story is told in a _____ like manner.
- 14. Esperanza and her Mama had to live in pretty bad _______ when they had to live in the shelter.
- 16. Esperanza likes to keep to herself and not interact with others a lot, she is _____________.
- 20. the book took place during the GREAT DEPRESSION of the 1930s.
Down
- 1. Even though they were allowed to live in this shelter they had to do ________ to be able to stay and live there. Once they heard this they wanted to leave but Esperanza and her Mama had no other place to go so they fought through it all.
- 3. after the passing of the ranch Esperanza and her Mama had to move to a nearby homeless ______ type home, Esperanza and her Mama wouldn’t have to live on the streets.
- 4. Esperanza, calls her father ____ because they are Mexican, so they call their family members different names from Americans.
- 5. Esperanza's _____ plays a very important role in the story because she shows that anyone can fight through anything if they keep trying.
- 7. Mama has to ______ on Esperanza to get a job, which is exactly what she does but she does it so Esperanza can pay her hospital bills.
- 10. Papa had lots of money because he owned a ranch so he was _______
- 11. the house that Espernza lived in with her Mama and Papa caught on ___ after her Papa died.
- 13. after Esperanza and her Mama heard that they would have to do work just to live in this shelter they had to _____ that challenge at the time because there was literally nowhere else to go.
- 15. because Esperanza’s Mama got _____ during the Great depression.
- 17. Esperanza went out of her way to get a job and be able to keep her mother alive. She was very ___________ to help out.
- 18. even though they had hard times throughout the time of being at the shelter they were still _______.
- 19. Esperanza takes charge and goes and gets a job so she can pay for her Mama’s hospital bills. She is very ________.