Summer of the Mariposas: Chapters 1-13 - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. What do the girls see in the cave that tells them the burro is evil?
   human bones and corpses of butterflies
2. In Chapter 10, which sister is skeptical of Teresita's magical predictions?
   Juanita
3. What does Teresita warn the girls about?
   un brujo, las lechuzas, un nagual, y un chupacabras
4. What happens to the nagual?
   El nagual falls into the cauldron he was preparing to push the sisters into.
5. What do the sisters find with the dead man?
   A wad of money, an expired license, and photos
6. Which family activity represented a sign of normalcy and happiness for the girls?
   La Lotería
7. What is the concerning title of the headline of the newspaper Odilia finds?
   Desaparecidas
8. Why does Odilia feel guilty in Chapter 1?
   She brought her little sisters to the swimming hole all summer long.
9. ¿Cómo se llama la hija de Gabriel Pérdido?
   Beatriz
10. What is the Garza sisters' motto?
    Cinco hermanitas, together forever!
11. Why does the Border Patrol agent not really care about the "permit"?
    The girls give him bribe money and he is corrupt.
12. What form does the evil nagual take?
    un burro
13. Is Odilia the first to realize that Cecilia is drugging them?
    Yes
14. Where is the dead man from?
    El Sacrificio, México
15. ¿Cómo se llama la madre de Inés y la suegra de Gabriel?
    Zaragoza
16. What is the malintent of the Border Patrol Officer?
    Assault or Harassment
17. How does Odilia use her THIRD wish on the ear pendant?
    She hypnotizes Cecilia to make her help her and her sisters get home.
18. What are the names of the twin sisters?
    Delia, Velia
19. What is the name of the brightly colored cakes Cecilia gives the girls?
    Petit Fours
20. Why did the authorities mistakenly declare Gabriel Pérdido legally dead?
    They found a body in his vehicle along with two guns registered to him.
21. What is the problem Odilia needs to solve in the cave?
    Odilia's sisters are unconscious in the cave and the nagual has tied them up.
22. What is Cecilia's punishment for angering the ancient ones?
    She is destined to dwell in her house alone and isolated.
23. In which river was the body found?
    Río Grande
24. Describe Mr. Gee's character.
    uncompassionate, rude
25. According to Teresita, how can the girls escape el nagual?
    By singing the song of the cave
26. Why do the girls think the man has not been dead long?
    Rigor mortis hasn't set in yet and he is not swollen.
27. What is the name of the Chief of the Federales who Cecilia says is corrupt and involved with the mafia (cartel)?
    Arnulfo Jiménez
28. ¿Cómo se llama el perro enrome?
    Serebús
29. When the girls arrive at the dead man's house, what is ACTUALLY happening?
    It is the dead man's daughter's quinceañera
30. What demonstrates that the sisters are self-conscious and ashamed of being poor?
    They try to fix their clothes and hair in case they are interviewed by reporters about finding the body.
31. Why do the girls not want to tell Border Patrol or their mother about the body?
    They are worried an investigation will cut off access to their swimming hole.
32. In the beginning of the novel, where does the story take place?
    Eagle Pass, Texas (a border town)
33. Who is the narrator of the novel?
    Odilia
34. What is synonym for the word "cadaver"?
    corpse
35. Who are the girls worried about embarrassing if they are interviewed on TV?
    Papá
36. How does Odilia use her fourth wish on the ear pendant?
    Odilia uses it to get the words to the song of the cave.
37. What is a major symbol of death, transition, and change in the novel?
    American Snout Butterflies
38. Which evil creatures take on the voices of other people in the novel and say things to make the girls feel guilty?
    las lechuzas
39. What do Odilia and La Llorona do with the sweet breads after Cecilia leaves the kitchen?
    They dump them in the pig pen.
40. T/F: Odilia does not tell Mamá about the corpse.
    True
41. When the girls arrive at the dead man's house, what do they first think is happening?
    A wedding
42. What literary genre was invented by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez?
    Magical Realism
43. What is major evidence of Juanita's empathy and compassion?
    She is worried that Border Patrol and Customs will not treat the body humanely.
44. What does Delia call Pita when she wants to call Mamá and tell her they are in Mexico?
    a narc
45. What does La Llorona give Odilia that has magical properties?
    an ear pendant
46. What is Cecila doing to the girls?
    She is drugging the sisters by mixing chinchontle powder in their desserts.
47. What does Cecilia say about the sisters' mom that angers Odilia?
    that she neglected them
48. How is Teresita's physical description described?
    a manly, rail thin, bony person with cataracts
49. To whom is Papá compared?
    The dead man in the Río Grande
50. Describe Mamá's character.
    hardworking, resilient, strong
51. The term for people who are not yet suspects in a crime but may become suspects...
    People of Interest
52. Who is the manager of the business where Mamá works?
    Mr. Gee
53. Según La Llorona, ¿De qué color es la casa del hombre muerto?
    Es una casita rosada.
54. Whose character most closely relates to a MERMAID?
    Cecila
55. Which character has the least memory of Papá?
    Pita
56. How does Odilia stop Inés and the rest of Gabriel's family from asking questions about their mother?
    By making her second wish on the ear pendant
57. Is Cecilia a reliable, trustworthy character?
    No
58. According to the novel, whose life has been mischaracterized by a legend?
    La Llorona
59. Upon arriving at Teresita's house, who gives the girls water?
    An old man
60. ¿Cómo se llama el hombre muerto?
    Gabriel Pérdido
61. What major event forces Mamá to find her first job?
    Papá leaves.
62. According to Teresita, who are coming after the girls to avenge their mother, Cecilia?
    The children of the night
63. For what is La Llorona infamous?
    She drowned her children in the river.
64. At the start of the novel, how long has it been since Papá left?
    Almost a year
65. T/F: In Chapter 3, the sisters are aware that Odilia spoke to La Llorona.
    False
66. Who is summoned when Odilia sings the song of the cave?
    Tonantzin, An Aztec Queen (La Virgen de la Cueva)
67. ¿Cómo se llama el hijo de Gabriel Pérdido?
    Efraín
68. These characters in literature beckon men on ships with their beauty until their ships wreck...
    Sirenas / Mermaids
69. What major event occurs that sets the plot in motion?
    The sisters find a man's corpse floating in the river.
70. How do the girls get the man across the border?
    They pose him in the car like he is sleeping.
71. The act of killing ones' own children is...
    Filicide
72. Who is the prophet or seer that Cecilia suggests the girls visit?
    Teresita
73. Who lives in Hacienda Dorada, near the Mexican town where the dead man is from?
    Abuelita Remedios
74. What is the purpose of the ear pendant?
    It will grant 5 wishes..
75. Which quote describes the sisters' approach to answering questions from Gabriel's family?
    'don't add too much cream to the tacos'
76. What do the sisters do to defeat the lechuzas?
    They first hit them with pitchforks and then Odilia begins praying and tying knots to vanquish them. .
77. What do the girls bring to Teresita as an offering?
    una cabrita