ch 34, 35, 36

Chapter 34

1.       Why does Tia want to celebrate the holidays?

2.       What is their favorite holiday?

3.       Describe how everyone is dressed for the holiday?

4.       Why did she stay in for the holiday?

5.       Who ended up going to the parade after all?

6.       Tell me one tradition that is celebrated in your home.

7.       What did she get in the e-mail from Maria?

8.       Who returned to the house 5 de mayo?

9.       Why was he home?

10.   Was he drunk when he got there? Why was Sonia scared?

Chapter 35

1. What happened when her uncle talked to Sonia?
2. Decribe Sonia’s uncle in 3 words.
3. Why didn’t Sonia fight back?
4. Who saved Sonia from her uncle?
5. What do you think of Geraldo?
6. How did he know her uncle was doing this?
7. What were Geraldos feeling for Sonia and why was he back?
8. What did Sonia do so that she would not feel anything while her uncle was abusing?
9. How did her dad find out?
10. What did her drunkle try saying?
11. What did her dad need the bat from the closet for?
12. What did he do to the uncle in rage?
13. What saved Sonia's drunkle?
14. How was Sonia’s dad involved?

Chapter 36

1. Where did they take Geraldo?  
2. What did her dad do after everyone was home?
3. What did he tell tia luna?
4. What did he tell her little brothers?
5. If you were dad tell me what you would tell each of the family members.
6. What did he do to moms TV?
7. What did the dad say to Sonia?
8. What did Sonia achieve?
9. How did this affect Rodrigo?
10. Who was her boyfriend now?
11. What happened a few years later?

chapter 31, 32, 33

Chapter 31

1.       What did she find in the diaper drawer?

2.       Who bag did it belong to?

3.       How did Sonia respond to finding it, what did she threaten to do?

4.       List 3 house problems  that they are facing.

5.       What did her mom say when the letter notice from school that said she wouldn't be graduated got to her?

6.       What is the reason for her not walking with her class of seniors?

7.       How did her dad react ?

8.       Who did she think of when she took out the garbage?

9.       Where has Geraldo been.?

10.   What did she wish would happen?

11.   What does she think of fairytales? Do you agree or disagree?

Chapter 32

1. what happened to her drunkle again?
2. What would you do with drunkle  if you were ama and papi?
3. what didn't she like about going to court that day?
4. Do you think courts would treat her differently if she were white?
5. Tell me an experience where the court system was rude to you because of race.
6. Tell me 2 stereotypes from your culture. One you believe and one that is outrageous.
7. what happened at court?
8. was she happy about her uncle going to jail?
9. Do you think drunkle deserved his punishment?

Voc words

Chapter 33

1.       How was Sonia feeling with Drunkle locked up? Why was she like that?

2.       What did she send Isabella with Maria?

3.        why did she go to Mrs. javellano?

4.       What does she have to do to graduate this year with the rest of the seniors?

5.       What were her requirements to graduate.?

6.       What does Sonia mean when she says she wants to be la primera?

7.       Tell me one thing how you can relate to her situation.

Voc words:

1.       Reprimanding

2.       Relayed

3.       Accomplished

4.       Muggy

5.       proceeding

6.       glistening

7.       plead

8.       creed

9.       presumption

10.   affront

11.   aggravations

12.   preposterously

chapter 29 and 30

Chapter 29

1.       How did Geraldo get her attention?

2.       Do you think that Geraldo is romantic? Give me an example of when you were romantic.

3.       Why does Sonia tell Gerald they can no longer see each other?

4.       Have you ever been in a situation where you could date someone because of their race?

5.       After 6 weeks later how were her graders?

6.       Why does Sonia want to drop out?

7.       Can you relate to Sonia? How?

8.       what did the lady at school tell her?

9.       did home studies seem hard to Sonia?

10.   Do you think Sonia will succeed in school?

Chapter 30

1.       Why was everyone in a panic in the beginning of chapter?

2.       what happened to her drunkle?

3.       Tell me a time where someone has done something stupid in your family.

4.       what did authorities want to do to him?

5.       How did drunkle get out of jail?

6.       what was her drunkle doing that her dad would get mad

7.       why was the Bat so significant?

8.       What happened when everybody in the house had fell asleep already?

9.       How did she save herself?

10.   What did her uncle do ?

Voc words:

1.       Uncertainty

2.       Groggy

3.       Reckless

4.       Encounter

5.       Nauseated

6.       Manifested

7.       fluttered