U1SA- Fiction: excerpt from The House on Mango Street

PART A: Which of the following statements identifies the overall theme of the text? (RL 7.2)

• Following the crowd causes people to be untrue to themselves.

• Disappointing situations can lead people to desire more out of life.

• Allowing others to give one hope causes people to have a positive outlook on life.

• Having a large family helps people to better appreciate what they have in life.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

PART B: Which two quotes develop the theme from Part A? (RL 7.1)

• “By the time we got to Mango Street we were six—Mama, Papa, Carlos, Kiki, my sister Nenny and me.”

• “The water pipes broke and the landlord wouldn’t fix them.”

• “”The laundromat downstairs had been boarded up because it had been robbed two days before and the owner had painted on the wood YES WE’RE OPEN so as not to lose business.

• “But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all. It’s small and red with tight little steps in front and windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath.”

• “I knew then I had to have a house. One I could point to. The house on Mango Street isn’t it.”

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CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Based on the following lines of dialogue, what can the reader infer about the nun? (RL7.1)

[6] “Where do you live?”she asked.

[7] “There,” I said pointing up to the third floor.

[8] “You live THERE?”

• It shows that the nun was in shock that a person could live in the speaker’s house, and she had no regard for the speaker’s feelings.

• It shows that the nun was angry and wanted to find the speaker’s parents immediately so that they could issue consequences to the speaker for misbehaving.

• It shows that the nun had poor skills at interpreting directions and that she was unable to find the house that the speaker pointed to.

• It shows that the speaker had little confidence in the nun’s ability to find her home, so the speaker pointed at it instead of simply telling the nun where it was.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which of the following best summarizes paragraph 4? (RL 7.2)

• The speaker describes how her family had discussed one day moving into the home of their dreams.

• The speaker describes the house on Mango Street and how it has met her family’s expectations.

• Our house would be white with trees around it, a great big yard and grass growing without a fence.

• The speaker wanted a house that had real stairs, not hallway stairs, but stairs inside like the houses on T.V.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Reread the following sentences.

[5] But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all. It’s small and red with tight little steps in front and windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath. There is no front yard, only four little elms the city planted by the curb.

How does the figurative language in sentences above help the reader understand the character’s feelings about the house on Mango Street? (RL 7.4)

• It shows how dissatisfied the speaker is with the house because of its size by comparing the house to a person that can’t breathe.

• It compares the house to the elm trees in the yard to show how both are shabby.

• It shows that the speaker thinks that the house needs more room so that it can catch its breath.

• It provides a metaphor to help the reader visualize just how small the yard is.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3