Book: The Legend of the Poinsettia
Author: Tomie dePaola
ISBN: 0-590-48679-9
Answer Key
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Comments: Nice story originating in Mexico. I recommend to be read during the month of December before Christmas.
Questions
1. What is the name of the main character in the story?
2. What is the name of Lucida's brother and sister?
3. What did their father use to work the fields?
4. What is the name of the burro?
5. Lucida had a number of jobs to do everyday for Pepito. What were those chores?
6. How did Lucida help her mother?
7. Lucida took care of two children. Who were they and what were their names?
8. What did Lucida do in the evenings?
9. Where would the family go on Sundays?
10. Who would conduct mass in the square of San Gabriel?
11. What began with processions?
12. Where in the village did the procession end?
13. Who visited Lucida's house before Christmas?
14. What is Lucida's last name?
15. Where did Lucida and her mother go on Saturday?
16. What did Pedro Alvarez ask of the family one day before Christmas?
17. What did Lucida do together with her mother after returning from the market?
18. Who went to the market to buy wool?
19. On what day did they go to the market?
20. Who put up the manger scene in San Gabriel?
21. What will Lucida and the other children carry during the procession?
22. What is the name of the priest?
23. Who told Lucida that her mother was sick?
24. Who did Lucida have to take care off while her father took Mama to the doctor?
25. Who will take care off Mama while Papa is away?
26. What are the names of Lucida's brother and sister?
27. What did Lucida overhear the next afternoon?
28. Was Lucida successful in finishing the blanket?
29. Why did Lucida feel she ruined Christmas?
30. Why was Lucida hiding from Senora Gomez?
31. Who spoke to Lucida from the shadows?
32. Who said, "Any gift is beautiful because it is given from you"?
33. What did Lucida pick up from the field to give Baby Jesus?
34. What happened to the weeds that Lucida placed on Baby Jesus?
35. What happened to all the green weeds in the village?
36. What do people call these plants?
37. What is the name in English?
Author's Note
Flower grows in Mexico
Also known as Flor de Fuego (Fire Flower), Flor de Navidad (Christmas Flower), and Flor de La Nochebuena (Flower of the Holy Night)
Dr. Joel Roberts Poinsett brought the poinsettia to the U.S.
U$1.00-B-0.006065-BE-165
Author: Tomie dePaola
ISBN: 0-590-48679-9
Answer Key
Directory
Comments: Nice story originating in Mexico. I recommend to be read during the month of December before Christmas.
Questions
1. What is the name of the main character in the story?
2. What is the name of Lucida's brother and sister?
3. What did their father use to work the fields?
4. What is the name of the burro?
5. Lucida had a number of jobs to do everyday for Pepito. What were those chores?
6. How did Lucida help her mother?
7. Lucida took care of two children. Who were they and what were their names?
8. What did Lucida do in the evenings?
9. Where would the family go on Sundays?
10. Who would conduct mass in the square of San Gabriel?
11. What began with processions?
12. Where in the village did the procession end?
13. Who visited Lucida's house before Christmas?
14. What is Lucida's last name?
15. Where did Lucida and her mother go on Saturday?
16. What did Pedro Alvarez ask of the family one day before Christmas?
17. What did Lucida do together with her mother after returning from the market?
18. Who went to the market to buy wool?
19. On what day did they go to the market?
20. Who put up the manger scene in San Gabriel?
21. What will Lucida and the other children carry during the procession?
22. What is the name of the priest?
23. Who told Lucida that her mother was sick?
24. Who did Lucida have to take care off while her father took Mama to the doctor?
25. Who will take care off Mama while Papa is away?
26. What are the names of Lucida's brother and sister?
27. What did Lucida overhear the next afternoon?
28. Was Lucida successful in finishing the blanket?
29. Why did Lucida feel she ruined Christmas?
30. Why was Lucida hiding from Senora Gomez?
31. Who spoke to Lucida from the shadows?
32. Who said, "Any gift is beautiful because it is given from you"?
33. What did Lucida pick up from the field to give Baby Jesus?
34. What happened to the weeds that Lucida placed on Baby Jesus?
35. What happened to all the green weeds in the village?
36. What do people call these plants?
37. What is the name in English?
Author's Note
Flower grows in Mexico
Also known as Flor de Fuego (Fire Flower), Flor de Navidad (Christmas Flower), and Flor de La Nochebuena (Flower of the Holy Night)
Dr. Joel Roberts Poinsett brought the poinsettia to the U.S.
U$1.00-B-0.006065-BE-165
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