House on Mango Street Per. 2 and 7

How was the house on Mango Street different from the other houses the family had lived in?

• It was the largest house they had ever lived in.

• The government was paying for it.

• It was their own house.

• It was the first two-story house they had lived in.

True or False: The narrator says Nenny is her best friend.

• True

• False

dreams of a home with a yard and three washrooms

• Mama
• Esperanza
• Papa
• Minerva

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

helps Esperanza feel safe and loved

• Nenny
• Marin
• Ruthie
• Mama

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which character longs for a friend she can tell secrets to?

• Cathy

• Mama

• Marin

• Esperanza

At the end of the story, what does Esperanza say she likes to do?

• paint pictures

• write songs

• tell stories

• watch sunsets

My mother's hair is the warm smell of bread before you bake it.

• simile

• metaphor

My name is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings.

• simile
• metaphor

Windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath.

• simile
• metaphor
• personifcation 

It's as if he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture.

• metaphor
• simile