7^th Grade English Name:________________________

Lupita Mañana, by Patricia Beatty

Chapters 3-6

Chapter 3

1. Why do you suppose Lupita’s mother and uncle think she should travel as a boy, instead of as a girl?

2. Describe Salvador’s attitude as they set off on their trip in the morning.

3. How can Lupita and Salvador be like the pelicans Lupita watches diving into the water? How is life like the sea she observes?

4. Their trip starts with a bad incident. But there is a lucky side: They don’t get robbed of all their money. Besides the money, though: What is Salvador’s most important possession? What is Lupita’s most important possession?

Chapter 4

1. Describe Tijuana, from Lupita’s point of view. What doesn’t she like about it?

2. What brings them into the place where they meet Tomás?

3. How do Lupita and Salvador (and you, the reader, too, probably) feel about Tomás?

4. What is Salvador’s plan at the end of the chapter to profit from Tomás and his knowledge without paying all the money?

Chapter 5

1. What is a “coyote,” according to Salvador?

2. Salvador’s plan almost works…until…

• What happens? Who interrupts the movement of the border crossers? [There are 2 answers!]
• How does Salvador show himself to be brave?
• How does Lupita show herself to be brave?
• What happens to Tomás?
• Why don’t Lupita and Salvador go to jail?

Chapter 6

1. What is Lupita’s first plan for getting money, and why does Salvador disapprove?

2. What is Lupita’s second plan for getting money, and why does Salvador disapprove?

3. Finally, how do Lupita and Salvador cross the border into the United States?

4. What is the price of Bartolo’s help in getting them across?

5. This chapter leaves you in suspense, wondering if Lupita and Salvador will be caught yet again. Just peek ahead at the first page of Chapter 7 and see: What finally happens to them?