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Read the following passage from page 174 of

Summer of the Mariposas.

“‘His name is Charrito,’ Pita said, interpreting the beast’s

thunderous brays. ‘He says he’ll take

us to Abuelita’s house. He knows the way. We should just wait a little while, while he catches

his breath.’ Pita’s words, her conviction that the donkey could speak and she could understand

him, made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up to alert. La Llorona’s warnings, Teresita’s

reading, they all came back to me.”

1.

What is Odilia feeling?

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What does this quote reveal about Cecilia?

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at every turn. I would

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This quote reveals that Odilia

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