The Pale Mare" Questions

Who is the author of the story?

Marian Bray

The charreada is �

a rodeo

What figurative language device is the following sentence using?
I see my exit and in the dusk fling myself down the street, fast, furious, flying.

alliteration

What happens to the mares after the charreada?

They are taken to the slaughterhouse.

At the end of the story, Consuela says that she is "beginning to see the path the stars have laid down for me." What does this mean?

She will follow her dreams

What is Consuela struggling with?

She is struggling with her parents and their traditions.

Why does Consuela give the horses freedom?

She doesn't want to see them oppressed anymore.

What point of view is the following sentence using? All senses lock on me, the intruder.

First Person

Consuela makes a connection to the pale mare because both of them _____

feel trapped.

What is Consuela's dream?

to study astronomy