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The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

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1. Who makes Esperanza feel ashamed of her previous house by making her point it out while she is playing in the street?

(A) Cathy

(B) A marshmallow salesman

(D) A nun

2. Who pushes Esperanza into the water in front of a fire hydrant?

(A) Kiki and Carlos

(B) Darius

(D) Tito

3. Who does Esperanza decide to let live in the attic of her dream house?

(A) Bums

(B) A cat

(D) Her friend Minerva

4. When Esperanza talks about clouds and hips with her friends, how does she describe them?

(A) Metaphorically

(B) With respect to her everyday life

(D) With the names of people on her block

5. What do Esperanza and her friends do to imitate grown-ups?

(A) Put on makeup

(B) Wear high-heeled shoes

(D) Dye their hair

6. Which one of these women does NOT spend her days sitting by the window?

(A) Esperanza's great-grandmother

(B) Esperanza's mother

(D) Mamacita

7. Who is the first person to whom Esperanza recites one of her poems?

(A) Her mother

(B) Her Aunt Lupe

(D) Lucy, Rachel, and Nenny

8. What is Esperanza's first job?

(A) Working in a store

(B) Helping Marin sell cosmetics

(D) Sorting negatives at a photofinisher

9. Where is Esperanza's father from?

(A) Mexico

(B) The Dominican Republic

(D) Spain

10. What does Esperanza's name mean in Spanish?

(A) “Wisdom”

(B) “Horse”

(D) “Serenity”

11. Why did Esperanza's mother drop out of school?

(A) She got married

(B) She had a job

(D) She was ashamed of her clothes

12. What do the three sisters tell Esperanza at the wake?

(A) That she should leave Mango Street as soon as she can

(B) That she must come back for the others after she's left Mango Street

(D) That she has a home in the heart

13. Which of Esperanza's friends also writes poetry?

(A) Alicia

(B) Minerva

(D) Ruthie

14. Where is Esperanza when a group of boys sexually assaults her?

(A) In the Monkey Garden

(B) At a carnival

(D) At work

15. Which character does not speak English?

(A) Esperanza's father

(B) Marin

(D) Tito

16. Who is the object of Esperanza's first crush?

(A) Sire

(B) Tito

(D) Geraldo

17. Why does Cathy agree to be Esperanza's friend only until Tuesday?

(A) She has too many cats

(B) Esperanza decides to buy a bike with Lucy and Rachel

(D) She has to go back to France

18. In what way is Nenny similar to Esperanza?

(A) They have the same hair

(B) They make up similar jump-rope rhymes

(D) They have the same sense of humor

19. Which of the following is NOT a reason that hips are useful, according to Esperanza, Rachel, and Lucy?

(A) They are good for dancing

(B) They are useful for propping up a baby while cooking

(D) They differentiate the male skeleton from the female one

20. How does Esperanza decide to defy social conventions at home?

(A) She doesn't do her dishes

(B) She refuses to baby-sit her sister, Nenny

(D) She goes out with Sire against her parents' wishes

21. With what object or objects in the neighborhood does Esperanza identify most closely?

(A) Her house

(B) The huge tree in Meme Ortiz's backyard

(D) The abandoned car in the Monkey Garden

22. What does Nenny want to buy in Gil's junk shop?

(A) A music box

(B) A little Statue of Liberty

(D) High-heeled shoes

23. What does Esperanza yearn for above all else?

(A) A new name

(B) A home of her own

(D) To leave Mango Street

24. Which of Esperanza's friends attends college?

(A) Minerva

(B) Alicia

(D) Cathy

25. Why doesn't Esperanza want to dance at her cousin's baptismal party?

(A) She doesn't have hips

(B) She thinks her dress is ugly

(D) She is wearing her old school shoes

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