The House on Mango Street Review

How does Esperanza describe Elenita?

• too good at Math

• a witch woman

• ugly

• obese

Who was Geraldo?

• an old man who was creepy

• a young man who met Marin at a dance

• an odd duck who was flirting with everyone!

• the neighbor from the orange building

What happened to Geraldo?

• get left to go back home

• the school made him go home for swearing in the hallway

• He was in a hit and run accident

• IDK

How did Marin feel about Marin dying?

• it mattered to her

• didn't care

• who?

What was different about Edna's Ruthie?

• she was big.....VERY big

• she was an adult who liked to play

• she was very short

• she was very mean

What do all of the children in the neighborhood disagree on regarding the Earl of Tennessee?

• they don't agree about his age

• they don't agree about his smell

• they don't agree about what his wife looks like

• they don't agree on how much $ they think he makes

Sire and Lois are two mean dogs that scare the children. True or False?

• true

• false

• idk

Who or what are the only ones that understand Esperanza?

• the dogs

• the feral pigs in the woods

• the clouds

• the trees

• the flowers

What broke Mamacita's heart?

• when the PE teachers humiliated her

• her baby boy singing the Pepsi commercial in English

• her husband slapping her

• her car broke down

Why does Rafaela's husband lock her in the apartment?

• the zombies were out and he wanted her safe

• he thinks she will run away because she is so beautiful

• he's just mad

• he doesn't want her able to find a job

• he's confused