The House on Mango Street p.39-55

Which passage below is an example of simile and personification?

• ”That’s how it is, says Rachel whose mama is a wide as a boat.”(50)
  
• “Hurray!  Today we are Cinderella because our feet fit exactly…”(40)
  
• “She teaches us to cross and uncross our legs, and to run like a double-dutch rope, and how to walk down every corner so that the shoes talk back to you with every step.”(40)
  
• “Them are dangerous, he says.  You girls too young to be wearing shoes like that.”(41)
  

Why does the old man tell the girls, “Them (the shoes) are dangerous..."

• Because the shoes cost a lot of money
• because the shoes had heels that could sprain an ankle
• because the shoes were stolen
• because the shoes made the girls appear more mature than they were

Vignette: Hips
While they are jumping rope, the girls are talking about hips, how “one day you wake up and they are there. “  What do the comments about what hips are for illustrate about the girls? 

• Their comments show that they are now growing into young women but Nenny is still too young to understand.
• Their comments show that they are trying to act older than what they are. 
• The comments show they are little girls who should not be talking about hips.
• Their comments show that everyone notices when girls grwo into young women

Vignette: Hips
 What evidence best supports the fact that the other girls are maturing while Nenny is still young and naive?

• “She is too many light-years away. She is in a world we don’t belong to anymore.”
• “If you don’t [get hips] you may turn into a man. 

What happens to Esperanza by the end of the vignette "Chanclas"

• She remains totally embarassed by her shoes
• She realizes she had no reason to be embarrassed by her shoes
• She becomes so happy because her mother went out an bought her a new pair of shoes
• She starts to feel ashamed that her mother cannot afford a new pair of shoes for her

Why does Esperanza want to eat in the lunchroom at school?

• Her boyfriend eats there
• She wants to feel like she fits in with other kids
• Marin eats there and brags about it
• She does not feel safe walking home for lunch

Which quote is an example of an allusion?

• “She is in a world we don’t belong to anymore. Nenny.  Going.  Going.
• “Them are dangerous, he says.  You girls too young to be wearing shoes like that.”(41)
  
• “It’s Rachel who learns to walk the best all strutted in those magic high heels.”(40)
• “Hurray!  Today we are Cinderella because our feet fit exactly…”(40)

"In the canteen, which was nothing special, lots of boys and girls watched while I cried and ate my sandwich, the bread already greasy and the rice cold."(45)
What mood does this create?

• determination
• comfortable
• isolated
• proud

When the girls refer to them feeling like Cinderella, this allusion reinforces the fact that the girls feel

• perfect and pretty
• used and abused
• mistreated by others
• uncomfortable and anxious 

How does the woman from "A Family of Little Feet" make the girls day?

• She gives them a bigger bike
• She gives them old clothes to play dress up with
• She gives them new shoes that don't fit her
• She gives them old shoes to play dress up with