Question

Which plot event best shows that Esperanza comes to understand the strikers’ cause, even as she disagrees with their risky actions?

Esperanza tells Miguel that she will decide whether to join the strikers when they return.

Esperanza helps Marta hide so that she will not be deported to Mexico.

Esperanza asks Miguel to untie the goat in the strikers’ empty camp.

Esperanza is alarmed when the strikers put a rat and a snake in the harvested asparagus.

Answer 1

The plot event that best shows that Esperanza comes to understand the strikers’ cause, even as she disagrees with their risky actions, is:

**Esperanza is alarmed when the strikers put a rat and a snake in the harvested asparagus.**

This event illustrates her understanding of the strikers' desperate situation and their willingness to take extreme measures to make their point, even though she finds their actions alarming and possibly excessive. It highlights the conflict between her understanding of their struggle and her discomfort with their methods.