Can you make any personal connections to the passage from Under the Mesquite? Do you see any connections between the text and other texts? Or do you see connections to issues or events currently happening in society? Tip: Can you find where in the passage the author refers to the fairytale character Cinderella? This reference is one example of a direct connection with other texts.

Fill in the table using complete sentences and update your worksheet by underlining these connections in the passage.