100 point question Read the event from Esperanza Rising. Which best describes Esperanza's response to the
event?
Abel
Isabel introduced Esperanza to Irene and Melina, two
women who were hanging clothes to dry on a long line
stretched between the cabins and a tree. Irene had
long gray hair tied in a tail. Melina didn't look much
older than Miguel and she already had a baby of her
own.
O Esperanza is homesick when she hears Melina
talking.
O Esperanza is excited to talk about friends in her old
hometown.
O Esperanza is angry that she had to leave Mexico.
O Esperanza is uncomfortable talking to poor
workers.
"We heard the story of how you came from
Aguascalientes," said Melina. "My husband is from
there. He used to work for Señor Rodríguez."