House on Mango Street Quiz (2,23,36,44)

What is the narrator's name?

• Emily

• Esperenza

• Zee

• Abigail

What does the narrator's name mean in English?

• love

• joy

• peace

• hope

What does the narrator's name mean in Spanish?

• wild horse

• peace and quiet

• sadness and waiting

• year of the Chinese

Yes or No: Does the narrator have a nickname?

• Yes

• No

Who was the narrator named after?

• Her great-grandmother

• Her mother

• Her father

• Her aunt

When was the first time the narrator saw her father cry?

• When he lost his job

• When her abuelito died

• When he had to travel back to Mexico

• When he saw the narrator cry

True or False: The narrator is the youngest child in the family.

• True

• False

What are the shapes of the flowers and the color of the vase the family will use during the funeral of the narrator's abuelito?

• Flowers shaped like spears, a white vase

• Flowers shaped like arrows, a black vase

• Flowers shaped like spears, a yellow vase.

• Flowers shaped like trees, a white vase.

What does Esperenza's mother say she could have been?

• An opera singer

• An interpreter

• Somebody

• A doctor

How many languages does the narrator's mother speak?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four