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Reader's Response Questions: 1. Why does Esperanza choose not to strike with the others?

2. Describe Esperanza’s encounter with Marta in the shed and how it relates back to her previous encounters with the girl. 3. Why does Isabel want to be Queen of the May? Explain why you think she was not chosen for this honor. 4. Miguel is gone! Where do you think he went and why?

Vocabulary Words: 1. menace 200 **noun** a threat or danger

2. asylum 214 **noun** a place of refuge or protection 3. anxiety 225 **noun** emotional or mental unease

4. antiseptic 231 ** adjective ** scrupulously clean