House on Mango Street Vocab

Which of the following words means "to assign to a lower position"?

• raise
• relegate
• improve
• dismiss

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following words means to dislike, mistrust, or mistreat women?

• hater
• patriarch
• misogynist
• savage

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The word, "assimilate" means to...

• blend in with another group of people
• stand out
• run away
• migrate

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If you are bilingual, you...

• are from two different cultures
• can make two different types of something
• can speak only one language
• can speak two languages

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The word resilience means to...

• resist
• recover
• respond
• react

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The different "chapters" of The House on Mango Street are called

• stanzas
• pages
• vignettes
• memories

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

The echoing of sound is called

• resonance
• whale talk
• vibration
• your imagination

Soap was sometimes made with a volatile, flammable liquid called

• lye
• naphtha
• water
• gasoline

A xylophone that is normally used in Latin American traditional music is called a 

• piano
• guitar
• keyboard
• marimba

A room within a school or business that sells food is called a 

• Taco Bell
• canteen
• pub
• cafe