Tree
Girl Chapter
11-12
1.
Why did Gabriela agree to accept a ride from the man in the pickup truck.
2.
What did the refugee camp look like?
3.
How did the refugees act when the aid workers were passing out food?
4.
In the camp, where do people go to the bathroom?
5.
How does Gabriela get water to drink?
6.
What does Gabriela use to cover herself during the night?
7.
How does Gabriela get the blue plastic tarp?
8.
What makes Gabriela think her father would have been ashamed of her?
9.
Describe Rosa and Carmen.
10.
What responsibility does Gabriela accept that makes her feel uncomfortable?
11.
Why does Gabriela not acknowledge the dead in the camp?
12.
What are some of the descriptions the refugees share with each other about the
United States?
13.
What do the refugees know about coyotes?
14.
Who does Mario Salvador say is to blame for the Guatemalan genocide?
15.
Describe Alicia when Gabriela sees her at the camp.
Tree Girl
Chapter 11-12 Vocabulary
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tense |
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apprehension |
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3. ventured |
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tarp |
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exposed |
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6. tattered |
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randomly |
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8. morsel |
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9. frenzied |
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10. pleading |
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1.
She looked with ______________ at the truck, not sure if she should get in.
2.
You had to go to the bathroom _______________ to anyone around.
3.
The crowd was ______________ and pushing hard when the truck with supplies
came.
4.
The refugees are ______________ for food and shelter.
5.
Gabriela feels like a scavenger looking for any ____________ of food.
6.
Gabriela didnŐt trust anyone and felt _____________ when she was approached by
strangers.
7.
Fear and ______________ gripped Gabriela when she couldnŐt find Alicia.
8.
The ______________ blue plastic tarp was all Gabriela could get for shelter.
9.
She put up the ____________ using sticks to help sustain it.
10.
The people were ______________ distributed, with no order.
11.
To try to persuade, convince
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12.
a bite, a mouthful, a small
portion ____________________
13.
ragged, torn,
ripped ___________________
14.
waterproof, covering of canvas
material
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15.
suspicion, fear of trouble
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16.
a strain on the nerves
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17.
To expose to
risk
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18.
Laid open to view
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19.
Occurring without reason or
pattern
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20.
Wildly excited,
enthusiastic
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