The House on Mango Street Final Test

What is the narrator's name? What does it mean in English and Spanish?

• It is Esperanza. In English it means "hope." In Spanish it means "too many letters."

• It is Esperanza. In English it means "spirit. In Spanish it means "evergreen."

• It is Magdalena. In English it means "moon. In Spanish it means "mom."

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In The House on Mango Street, what is the main thing that makes Esperanza (the narrator) ashamed?

• She is ashamed that her father works as a gardener

• She is ashamed to go staring at other people's houses like a beggar

• She is ashamed of her family's small house

• She is ashamed because her parents play the lottery

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Why does Esperanza call her great-grandmother a "horse woman"?

• because she lived on a farm with lots of horses

• because she liked to ride horses after she got married

• because she was wild and free before she got married

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Although Esperanza and Nenny don't look like sisters, what do they have in common?

• They have the same fat popcicle lips.

• They both like to eat tacos on Tuesdays.

• Their laughter and other things that cannot be explained are similar

• They both want to get married and have at least five children.

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In "Boys and Girls," What does the narrator say she wants to have one day?

• She wants to have a husband and five children.

• She wants to have a bedroom of her own.

• She wants to have a best friend.

• She wants to have a college education.

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In "Our Good Day," what did Esperanza buy? How did she go about buying it?

• She chipped in with sisters named Rachel and Lucy. They all bought a bike.

• She and her sister bought a fancy doll house with furniture.

• She bought makeup from a friend who sold Avon.

• She and her brothers bought a new dress for their mother.

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The vignette "Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut and Papaya Juice on Tuesdays" contains an allusion to which fairy tale?

• Snow White

• Rapunzel

• Cinderella

• Shrek

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In "Gil's Furniture Bought and Sold," what did the girls discover in the store that made Esperanza feel stupid?

• It was a full-length mirror.

• It was a book in Spanish, and she could not read it.

• It was a music box.

• It was a television. She had never seen one.

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Why didn't Esperanza notice Louie's cousin's car was stolen?

• She was too impressed but the windows and radio.

• She was worried the police were coming

• He told her he bought it at the car lot

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Where is Marin going in a year? (Marin)

• She is going away to college because she got a scholarship.

• She is going to live with another aunt in California.

• She is going to a convent.

• She is going back to Puerto Rico. She is too much trouble for Louie's parents

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