Furia

Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-4

Reading Check

1. What is La Difunta Correa the patron saint of?

2. Which teammate’s family does Camila feel jealous of?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why does Camila lie to her parents about where she goes in Chapter 1?

2. How does Camila feel when the announcer introduces her as Pablo Hassan’s sister?

3. What is Camila’s relationship to el Titán?

Paired Resource

“Women’s Football in Argentina: Feminism Takes to the Field”

• This article from the Buenos Aires Times, by Sol Muñoz, discusses developments in professionalizing women’s soccer in Argentina.
• This resource relates to the theme of Soccer as a Means of Advocating for Gender Equality.
• How are things changing for female soccer players in Argentina? Based on what you have read of Furia so far, how do you think Camila would react to this article? Why? How might her parents’ reaction be different from hers at this stage in the novel?

Chapters 5-8

Reading Check

1. Who comes to visit Camila in Chapter 6?

2. What does Diego offer to get Camila a job doing?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What warning does Pablo give Camila about Diego?

2. Why does Camila push her mother away emotionally?

3. What does Camila’s memory of falling during a race demonstrate about Diego?

Paired Resource

“Argentina's Third Largest City, Rosario, Has Turned into a Narco-State. 2022 Was the Bloodiest Year in History”

• This article from The Rio Times describes the increasing violence and corruption Rosario faces due to drug trafficking.
• This resource relates to the theme of The Culture of Rosario, Argentina.
• Where in Furia do you see characters worrying about the violence in Rosario? In what other ways might the characters’ lives be shaped by fear of violence? How might the situation in Rosario contribute to Camila’s desire to play soccer in the US? Based on what you know about her character, do you think if a route to playing professional soccer in Argentina were open to her, she would choose to stay in Argentina?

Chapters 9-13

Reading Check

1. What does Diego teach Camila to do in Chapter 10?

2. What does Camila’s mother want her to stay focused on?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How has the use of El Buen Pastor changed over time?

2. When Camila gets home from her date with Diego, what attitude toward the relationship does her father display?

3. What motivates Camila to help Karen?

Paired Resource

“One in Six Children in Argentina Is Born to a Teenage Mother”

• This article from El Pais, by Florencia Tuchin, explores adolescent parenthood in Argentina.
• This resource relates to the theme of The Culture of Rosario, Argentina.
• How does the information in this article relate to the history of Camila’s family? How does this family history relate to her decision regarding Diego? What route does Camila’s mother want her to take to avoid being trapped by early motherhood? How is her father’s attitude different, and why do you think it is different?

Chapters 14-18

Reading Check

1. In Chapter 14, what teammate does Roxana call Camila about?

2. In Chapter 18, where does Camila tell Diego to say he brought her home from?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why is Gabi Tapia an important person for Camila to impress?

2. How does Camila get distracted during her soccer match and end up twisting her ankle?

3. What brings Diego to the field where Camila’s team is playing?

Paired Resource

“When Sport and Culture Collide—Meet the Young Women Making Sport for All”

• This 8-minute ABC News video profiles several Australian women dedicated to breaking down cultural barriers to women’s participation in soccer.
• This resource relates to the theme of Soccer as a Means of Advocating for Gender Equality.
• What cultural obstacles to women’s participation in soccer do the women profiled in this video identify? How does this relate to Camila’s situation? How is the decision the women in the video have made to use their skills to mentor others similar to what Coach Alicia has done for Camila? How does Camila herself become a mentor in this section of the story?

Chapters 19-25

Reading Check

1. What does Diego buy for Karen?

2. What is a curandera?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. In Chapter 19, what upsetting thing does Camila see outside El Buen Pastor?

2. In Chapter 24, when Camila looks at her mother’s phone, what does she see a picture of?

3. When Camila sees the doctor at the clinic, what does the doctor imply about the source of her injury, and why?

Paired Resource

“Hyper Masculinity, Power and Patriarchy: Why Some Men Abuse Women”

• This article from The Telegraph, by Anne Gulland, explains research into how patriarchal structures contribute to violence against women.
• This resource relates to the theme of Changing Family Relationships.
• How does the research in this article shed light on the relationship between Camila’s father and the women in the family? How is Camila beginning to understand this more clearly in this section of the novel? How is her new understanding changing her relationship with her mother? In what ways do you think soccer, Diego, and Camila’s work at El Buen Pastor all contribute to her evolving understanding of the dynamics in her family?

Chapters 26-29

Reading Check

1. In the televised match that Camila watches with her family, what does Diego dedicate to Camila?

2. In Chapter 28, who goes missing and is later found dead?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. When Camila goes to El Buen Pastor in Chapter 26, what does she discover that everyone there believes about her future?

2. What does Coach Alicia tell her players about how they can cope with their grief and anger?

3. What happens when Camila’s father finds out she took part in a protest and has been playing soccer?

Paired Resource

“Late Poem to My Father”

• This accessible Sharon Olds poem shares the perspective of an abused child searching for a way to end the cycle of violence.
• This resource relates to the theme of Changing Family Relationships.
• What does the speaker accomplish by picturing her father as a small child? When the speaker says in lines 25 and 26, “And what they did to you / you did not do to me,” does she mean that her father did not abuse her or that her father did not manage to twist her soul in the way his soul was twisted? How does the speaker’s compassion allow her to end the cycle of violence in her family? Do you believe that Camila will also be successful in breaking away from this cycle? How similar to or different from this speaker’s approach is Camila’s approach? How has Camila’s relationship with her father already changed?

Chapters 30-Epilogue

Reading Check

1. What does Camila’s team wear in memory of Eda?

2. What team does Gabi invite Camila to join?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How is Diego’s response to Camila’s traumatic experience with her father both loving and somewhat controlling?

2. When Camila’s team is down by three goals, what reminder from Coach Alicia helps them regroup and even the score?

3. What does the Epilogue suggest about the future of Camila and Diego’s relationship?

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