Mango Street: Sally, Beautiful and Cruel

Esperanza doesn’t want to give her power to a man, but rather to be like the ___ characters that she sees in movies.

• Beautiful
• Wise and Old
• Cowboy
• Savage

What does Esperanza’s mother not know how to do?

• Draw clouds
• Sing
• Ride the subway
• Cook eggs

This is a ______________

• palm tree
• sack
• comet
• molecule

Why did Esperanza’s mother drop out of school?

• She didn't have nice clothes
• She hated school
• It was too expensive
• She was pregnant

This is ____________________ and is used to cook.

• butter
• oil
• cookies
• lard

What does Sally’s father do to try to keep her from running off with a man and shaming the family?

• Asks the boys to leave
• Beats her
• Lectures her 

Esperanza compares Sally's makeup to __________________

• Kim Kardashian's
• Cleopatra's
• Marilyn Monroe's
• Her own

True/False: If you are scarred, you have a lot of papayas.

• True
• False

True/False: Ravens fly.

• True
• False

Eating bread that is moldy is __________________.

• Delicious
• Unfair
• Disgusting