Check for Understanding: "My Name" by Sandra Cisneros

What is the narrator's name?

• Nenny

• Lisandra

• Esparanza

• Magdalena

3. Why was her great-grandmother considered "wild?"

• She lived in the country

• She didn't want to get married

• Her family lived on a farm

• She liked to run

Esperanza makes a statement about her Mexican culture not wanting women to be strong. What does Esperanza mean with this statement?

• She is comparing the two cultures and how they treat women

• She is embarrassed by her culture's treatment of women

• Her culture encourages women to be independent and strong

• Her culture doesn't want women to be independent and able to take care of themselves

Esperanza states she doesn't "want to inherit her place by the window." What conclusion can the reader make with this statement?

• Esperanza doesn't want to live her life the way her grandmother did.

• Esperanza doesn't want to stay indoors for too long.

• Esperanza doesn't want to inherit her grandmother's house.

• Esperanza thinks her her grandmother was weak

What is Esperanza revealing to us about her feelings about herself, her life and her dreams for the future through the discussion of her name?

• She hates her name and wants to change it.

• She wants to make her own choices and define her own identity.

• She is embarrassed to be Mexican

• She doesn't like her grandmother

What words used by the narrator in this paragraph show a negative tone? (Check all that apply)

• sadness

• waiting

• sobbing

• hope

What does the narrator mean when she says her grandmother "looked out the window her whole life?"

• She loved to sit by the window

• She lived in a beautiful place with beautiful views

• She was trapped by her duties as a wife and mother

• She was always watching the neighborhood

Which best describes the narrator's tone toward traditional gender norms?

• Sad

• rebellious

• accepting

• cautious

The poet, Marge Piercy, compares her name to . . . Check all that apply

• a shoe

• an oilcan

• a bedroom

• a box of baking soda

Piercy compares her name to not nice, plain, everyday objects using similes

• True

• False